Mr. grimm is trying to build a playground set in his backyard. part of the playground set will have a slide. the ladder is 5 feet tall, and the slide is 7 feet long. what is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide? round your answer to the nearest tenth.

4.9 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The Pythagorean Theorem tells us that the sum of the square of each leg in a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. It can be written as:

Where

The picture of the problem is attached.

Now, using pythagorean theorem, we can write (letting the distance from base of ladder to base of slide be ):

Now solving for :

Hence, the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide is 4.9 ft (rounded to the nearest tenth)

answer: x=3 and y=4

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