1. If you wanted to reach the second-floor window of the house below, where should you place the base of the ladder?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The question is incomplete, as there are lots of missing details in the question. To do this, I will make assumptions

See attachment for question illustration where

the height of the second floor

the distance where the base of the ladder is placed

the length of the ladder

So, we are to solve for x.

Using Pythagoras theorem, we have:

Make the subject

Take square roots of both sides

The above is the expression to calculate the base length of the ladder.

Assume

So, we have:

the correct answer is the second option