Question

Ilya builds a slide that is 2.9 meters long. It is 1.5 meters above the ground. He wants to determine the distance from the bottom of the slide to the base of the ladder leading up to the slide. Which diagram represents this situation?

A triangle with side length 1.5 meters and hypotenuse 2.9 meters.
A triangle with side length 2.9 meters and hypotenuse 1.5 meters.
A triangle with side length 2.9 meters and hypotenuse 2.9 meters.
A triangle with side length 1.5 meters and hypotenuse 2.9 meters.

Answer 1

25.2

Explanation:

Answer 2

Option A is correct. (light blue color in the triangle choices)

Explanation:

Or with the same dimensions as my screenshot