In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.
SO what u want to do is A window washer has an 23-foot ladder. He needs to reach the bottom of a window that is 16-feet off the ground. How far from the base of the building should the base of the ladder be? Round answer to nearest hundredth.
