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Melissa is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 3 meters tall and the slide is 5 meters long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?

Melissa is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 3 meters tall and the slide is 5 meters long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?
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Melissa is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 3 meters tall and the slide is 5 meters long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?

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User Pavel Tupitsyn
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a^2+b^2=c^2
3^2+5^2=c^2
9+25
34=c^2
Sq root
5.83 meters is the distance
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