SOLUTION: Lisa wanted to find the actual distance from the top of the slide to the pool. The height of the slide is 8 feet and the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the pool is 6 fee
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Question 1107848: Lisa wanted to find the actual distance from the top of the slide to the pool. The height of the slide is 8 feet and the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the pool is 6 feet.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we need to solve a right triangle for its hypotenuse(h)
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8^2 + 6^2 = h^2
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64 + 36 = h^2
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h = square root(100)
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h = 10
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The actual distance from the top of the slide to the pool is 10 feet
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