One of the requirements of your summer window-washing job is to provide yourself with all of the necessary supplies, including a fourteen foot ladder. when you arrive at your first job, you place your ladder on the ground six feet from the base of the house and lean it towards a second story window, only to realize that the ladder doesn’t reach the window. given the length of the ladder and its current position, what is one possible height of the second story window? (hint: there is more than one correct answer.)
in a softball diamond, each of the bases, including home plate, are equidistant from each other. although the name implies differently, a softball diamond is in the shape of a square. given that the distance between the bases is unknown, determine an expression for the straight line distance between first and third bases.
a sailboat drifts 600 meters west, makes a turn and sails 800 meters south. how far is the sailboat from its original position?