Mitchel climbs 8 feet up the vertical ladder of a slide and zips down the 17-foot slide. How far is the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the slide

the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the slide is 15 feet far from

the bottom of the slide

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Mitchel climbs 8 feet up the vertical ladder of a slide and zips down the 17-foot slide.

The slide the vertical ladder and the floor together form a right triangle if we can vizualise.

The hypotenuse would be the slide , and one leg is ladder and other the  bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the slide

We have hypotenuse = 17 feet and one leg = 8 feet

So use Pythagorean theorem to find other leg

Other leg =

the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the slide is 15 feet far from

the bottom of the slide

3

step-by-step explanation:

in standard form:

a= dictionaries

b= maps

you have to buy 3 dictionaries, so put a 3 next to the a (dictionaries) so that you can multiply them by each other.

a3+b= 60 (the amount of money you have)

we already know the cost of a=15 so replace a with $15

($15 x 3)+b=60

multiply 15 and 3 to get $45 and replace it with $45

45+b=60

and then replace b with 15 to get the total:

45+15=60

that means you have $15 left after buying 3 dictionaries.

15 divided by the cost of a map ($5) equals 3.

so you can buy 3 maps.

sorry if it was confusing!

a

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