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Lila is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 3 meters tall and the slide is 5 meters long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?

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Step-by-step explanation: For a problem like this, it’s best to use Pythagorean Theorem which is a^2+b^2=c^2 .

In this problem they gave us a and c already so we are trying to find b.

3^2+?=5^2

9+?=25

25-9=16

Find the square root of 16 which is 4

Answer: The distance between the ladder and the slide is 4 meters

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