On the school playground, the slide is 16 feet due west of the tire swing and 12 feet due south of the monkey bars. What is the distance between the tire swing and the monkey bars?

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On the school playground, the slide is 16 feet due west of the tire swing and 12 feet due south of the monkey bars. What is the distance between the tire swing and the monkey bars?

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Answer:

20 feet

Explanation:

Using the Pythagorean theorem, the distance is
√(12^2+16^2)=20 feet.

Yeeling answered Aug 10, 2024

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