Question

Brian is building a slide for his kids. The ladder is 4 feet tall and the slide is 6 feet long . What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Use Pythagorean theorem for right triangles

The slide is the hypotenuse

6^2 = 4^2 + d^2

6^2 -4^2 = d^2

20 = d^2 d = sqrt (20 ) = ~ 4.5 ft