The horizontal distance between the base of the ladder and the wall is: 11.8 foot
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
So we can just set up a proportion
14.5/2=x/3
we can cross multiply
so that means
2x=43.5
x=21.75
(2x+1)+(3x-5)=5x-4 you just have to try some of them out and see which ones work