lief@hpfcrs.UUCP (lief) (10/12/84)
|X| This puzzle is very straight forward: ___ |X| ___ | |X|\\ \ Given a 12 foot ladder on the floor leaning | |X| \\ \ against a wall with the corner of a 4 foot | |X| \\ \ square box touching the ladder as in the | |X| \\ \ diagram. | |X| \\ \ h |X| \\ 12ft Problem: *WITHOUT USING CALCULUS* find the | |X| \\ \ value of h (height of wall where top of | ___ |X|_______\\ \ ladder is resting). | | |X| |\\ \ | 4ft |X| | \\ \ Lief Sorensen _|_ _|_ |X|_______| \\ _\_ Hewlett Packard Co. ================================= |- 4ft -| P.S. After solving the above, for extra credit replace the 4 foot box with a 2 foot radius ball. With the ladder touching the ball, solve the problem as above.