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

square root of 36/6 = 2.449489743

square root of 16/6 = 1.632993162

square root of 6 = 2.449489743

the answer is square root of 16/6 because the square root of 36/6 is the same answer as square root of 6 = 2.449489743