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The longest ladder on the fire truck reaches 95 feet. A building has 20 stories, and each story is 18 feet high. what is the highest story that the ladder can reach?

(A) 5th story
(B) 6th story
(C) 10th story
(D) 18th story

(Somebody please help me answer this question I rlly need help with this!)

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Answer:

Rounding down to the nearest whole number, we get 5 stories. The correct answer is, therefore (A) the 5th story.

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to find the number of stories the ladder can reach by dividing the length of the ladder by the height of each story.

The longest ladder on the fire truck reaches 95 feet, and each story is 18 feet high, so the highest story that the ladder can reach is:

95 feet / 18 feet/story = <<95/18=5.28>>5.28 stories

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