Apainter has a 24-foot ladder that he is using to paint a house. for safety reasons, the ladder must be placed at least 8 feet from the base of the side of the house. to the nearest tenth of a foot, how high can the ladder safely reach

Acar started driving from city a to city b, distance between which is 620 miles, at a rate of 60 mph. two hours later a truck left city b and started moving towards city a at a rate of 40 mph. how many hours after the truck's departure will the two meet?

When solving this problem: 3025/5.5 = a/90.75 you get 49912.5 which would be the length of one of the sides of a square when the area is only 90.75 inches. is that answer correct, why, and how is it possible?

Naruto is choosing between two venues that will deliver food to his house. with probability 1/3 he will choose ramen mania (r), and with probability 2/3 he will choose sushi (s). if he chooses r, 15 minutes after making the call, the remaining time it takes the food to arrive is exponentially distributed with average 10 minutes. if he orders s, 10 minutes after making the call, the time it takes the food to arrive is exponentially distributed with an average of 12 minutes. given that he has already waited 25 minutes after calling, and the food has not arrived, what is the probability that he ordered from r? i am really stuck on how to set this up, so if you could be extra clear, that would be super ! in advance