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} Positioning Ladders for Cutting Trees Home Guides SF Gate. May 31, a 13 ft ladder is leaning on a tree is on the ground at a distance of 5 ft from the base of the tree. what is the distance, in feet, between the ground and the top of the ladder. Answer.
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A foot ladder is leaning against a house when its base starts to slide away. By the time the base is 12 feet from the house, the base of the ladder is moving at the rate of 5 ft/sec. The base of a ft ladder that is leaning against a wall begins to slide away from the wall. When the base is 12 ft from the wall and moving at the rate of 8 ft/sec, how fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall? Step-by-step solution. % (3 ratings) for this solution.