Question

Kyle held a balloon 8ft off the ground above his head and Ava is standing 15 feet directly to g the right of Kyle how far is Ava from the balloon

Answer 1

17

Explanation:

Pythagorean theory baby! Okay so the Pythagorean theory is a² + b² = c² so lets draw a triangle and label our sides. So we know 8² + 15² = c² so I'm going to find the square root of all of our numbers. We get 64 + 225 = c² so then add 64 + 225 = 289 then I take the square root of 289 which equals 17 . This answer also makes sense because out hypotenuse should always be bigger then the legs.

I'm pretty sure thats right, Hope this helps.