Question

4. A safe slope for a ladder is 1 ft of run for every 4 ft of rise. Vincent needs to use a

ladder to reach a window sill that is 22 ft above the ground. How far from the house
should the base of the ladder be?

Answer 1

5.5 ft

Explanation:

because its 4ft for every 1ft there's a ratio of 1:4 so 22 represents the 4 part of the ratio, hence 22 divided by 4 gives us 5.5 on the base