If you wanted to safely climb a 50-foot wall, what's the shortest ladder you'd be willing to use? Explai

If I wanted to safely climb a 50 foot wall, I would use a 51 foot ladder.

Step-by-step explanation:

If I wanted to climb a fifty foot (50 ft) wall, I would use a fifty one foot (51 ft) ladder because the safe way to position a ladder against the wall requires that I leave one foot (1 ft) distance from the base of the ladder to the wall. That way, the ladder won't be too close nor too far from the wall.