Question

A water slides at a party of s 15 feet tall.The base of the water slide is 8 feet long.what is the length of the slide?

Answer 1

It would be 17 feet.

Explanation:

So to do this, there is a right triangle being made with the height of the water slide and its base (length). With this, the Pythagorean Theorem can be used to find the hypotenuse of these lengths by the equation:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

So by plugging in the given legs of the triangle, the answer can be found.

15^2 + 8^2 = c^2

225 + 64 = c^2

289 = c^2

c = 17