Sheila is climbing on a ladder that is attached against the side of a jungle gym wall. She is 5 feet off the ground and 3 feet from the base of the ladder, which is 15 feet from the wall. How high up the wall is the top of the ladder?

Answer 1

Assuming that she is 5 feet along the ladder, then using similar triangles,

3/5 = h/15

Answer 2

3/4 = h/15

This assumes that she is 5 feet up the ladder, or 4 feet closer along the ground.

If she is in fact 5 feet closer along the ground, then the original answer is good. The wording of the problem is unclear.

Answer 3

16

Answer 4

The answer key says 25

Answer 5

oh i got it, she is 5 feet from the ground, and the bottom of the ladder up to the 5 ft mark, is 3 ft.
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3 ft 15 ft (pretend it extends)

so using similar triangles, the formula should be:
3/5 = 15/h
because 3 and 15 are both the numbers for the length. whereas 5 and h are the height.

Answer 6

gyh

Answer 7

The top of the ladder is 25 ft from the ground nerds.