Question

Tom the painter is painting window frames on a house. He knows that the angle his ladder should make with the ground should be between 55° and 35° in order to be safe. Tom's ladder is 8m and he wishes to paint a window frame 6.3m above the ground.

Is Tom's ladder safe to use?

Answer 1

Tom should use a ladder that is smaller or at the the same height of the window frame. Here it says that he is using a ladder that is taller than the window frame, and this can be very uncomfortable for the person who is using the ladder, so it would be recommendable for Tom to use a smaller ladder, probably a ladder that is only a few inches smaller or taller than the window frame. Using a ladder that is like this should be safe to use.

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