Geometry math question no Guessing and Please show work

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Matt Clark · Answer 1 · 2019-02-12T19:05:21+0000

DB is the hypotenuse of a triangle formed by BCD.

Using the Pythagorean theorem you can find the length of DB

15^2 + 8^2 = DB^2

225 + 64 = DB^2

289 = DB^2

DB = √289

DB = 17

The answer is D. 17 m