In each sentence, is the underlined participial phrase correctly placed or misplaced ?

A ladder is leaning against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height that is 5 feet less than the length of th

DanielleElmas [232]

Answer:

25 feet

Explanation:

Let the ladder be 'H' feet long

Given;

Ladder touches the wall at a height = H - 5 feet

The distance from the foot of the ladder to the wall = H - 10 feet

now a right angles triangle is formed by the system,

where,

Ladder forms the hypotenuse of the triangle

Height of the wall is the perpendicular

and, distance at the base is the base of the triangle formed

Therefore,

from the Pythagoras theorem, we have

H² = ( H - 10 )² + ( H - 5 )²

or

H² = H² + 100 - 20H + H² + 25 - 10H

or

H² = 2H² + 125 - 30H

or

H² -30H + 125 = 0

on solving the quadratic equation, we get

H² + ( - 5H - 25H ) + 125 = 0

or

H ( H - 5 ) - 25 (H - 5) = 0

or

(H - 5) × (H - 25) = 0

therefore,

we have

H = 5 feet and H = 25 feet

now,

H = 5 is not possible as this length of the ladder will lead to the negative distance at the base and also, the height of the at the wall be zero

Hence,

the length of the ladder is 25 feet

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3 years ago

What happened in act 3 scene 5 of romeo and juliet?

Marina86 [1]

Just before dawn, Romeo prepares to lower himself from Juliet’s window to begin his exile. Juliet tries to convince Romeo that the birdcalls they hear are from the nightingale, a night bird, rather than from the lark, a morning bird. Romeo cannot entertain her claims; he must leave before the morning comes or be put to death. Juliet declares that the light outside comes not from the sun, but from some meteor. Overcome by love, Romeo responds that he will stay with Juliet, and that he does not care whether the Prince’s men kill him. Faced with this turnaround, Juliet declares that the bird they heard was the lark; that it is dawn and he must flee. The Nurse enters to warn Juliet that Lady Capulet is approaching. Romeo and Juliet tearfully part. Romeo climbs out the window. Standing in the orchard below her window, Romeo promises Juliet that they will see one another again, but Juliet responds that he appears pale, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Romeo answers that, to him, she appears the same way, and that it is only sorrow that makes them both look pale. Romeo hurries away as Juliet pulls in the ladder and begs fate to bring him back to her quickly.

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3 years ago

Type the prepositional phrase from the sentence below in the space provided. Cookie had been abandoned early in her life.

trapecia [35]

I think in this case the prepositional phrase would be early.

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3 years ago

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Caleb is frustrated because he cannot find the answers. a adverb phrase or adverb clause

aivan3 [116]

Answer:

an adverb clause.

Explanation:

hope this helps! :)

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3 years ago

18 POINTS!

natta225 [31]

Answer:

Although Betty Parris later married and raised a family in Sudbury, Mass, there are no records indicating what happened to Abigail Williams after the Salem Witch Trials ended. “Abigail Williams, haunted to the end, apparently died before the end of 1697 if not sooner, no older than seventeen.”

In many ways, the character of Abigail Williams can be considered a one-dimensional villain. All throughout the play while she's wrecking diabolical havoc on the community, she doesn't express any remorse for the damage she's caused and the lives she's inexplicitly ruined.

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