Question

Consider a diving board that is 10 feet above a pool. If the ladder is 5 feet away from the base of the diving board, approximately how tall is the ladder? A.9 ,B.11 ,C.15 ,D.17

Answer 1

Answer: 15 feet

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that a diving board is 10 feet above a pool. Since the ladder is 5 feet away from the base of the diving board, to calculate how tall is the ladder is, we subtract -5 from 10. This will be:

= 10 - (-5)

= 10 + 5

= 15 feet

The answer is option C.