Solve the problem.A painter leans a 22 foot ladder against one wall of a house. At what height does the ladder touch the wall if the foot of the ladder is 15 ft from the base of the wall?

A. ? 16.1 ft
B. ? 129.5 ft
C. ? 2.6 ft
D. ? 26.6 ft


Answer: A

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Solve the problem.Two forces, F1 and F2, of magnitude 60 and 70 pounds, respectively, act on an object. The direction of F1 is  and the direction of F2 is . Find the magnitude and the direction angle of the resultant force. Round the magnitude to the nearest hundredth of a pound and the direction angle to the nearest tenth of a degree.

A.  = 99.37; ? = 93.7°
B.  = 92.20; ? = 89.4°
C.  = 94.63; ? = 87.2°
D.  = 92.20; ? = 80°

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Solve the problem.A stack of poles has 36 poles in the bottom row, 35 poles in the next row, and so on, with 10 poles in the top row. How many poles are there in the stack?

A. 555 B. 611 C. 631 D. 621

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Tell which set or sets the number belongs to: natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and real numbers.54

A. whole, rational, real B. integer, rational, real C. natural, whole, integer, rational, real D. real

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