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Gertrude climbs a 8-meter tower to ride a straight water slide. The

slide is 33 meters. After landing in the splash pool, how far does she
walk to get back to the base of the tower? Provide an answer accurate
to the nearest tenth.
33 m
8 m
walk
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User Prasath K
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Answer:

Hello,

11.2 is your answer!

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Explanation:

Okay so this is clearly a pythagorean theorem question....

Imagine a ladder on a wall..... its kinda like a triangle.....

with that said... lets begin the math... A^2 + B^2 = C^2

The problem itself gives us c and a.

We have to solve for b.

33^2 - 8^2= b^2

1089 - 64 = 1025 = b^2

notice that we found b^2 but we are looking for b

so we have to take the square root....

√1025= 11.18

it says round to nearest tenth.... sooooo

11.2 is your answer!

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