A hardware store sells ladders that extend up to 12 feet. The store's advertising says:
Largest Inventory in the country! If you put all our ladders end to end, you could climb the top of the Empire State Building!
The company has 295 ladders in stocks. The Empire State Building is 1,453 feet tall.
Is it true that the ladders would reach the top of the building?
Explain how you solved the problem.