Question

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Answer 1

The distance between ladder and bottom of the slide is 4.9 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Height of ladder = 1 m

Length of slide = 5 m

The ladder will serve as perpendicular and slide will serve as hypotenuse.

The distance from bottom of the slide to ladder will be base.

a = 1

c = 5

$a^2+b^2=c^2\\(1)^2+b^2=(5)^2\\1+b^2=25\\b^2=25-1\\b^2=24$

Taking square root on both sides

$\sqrt{b^2}=\sqrt{24}\\b=4.89$

Rounding to the nearest tenth

b = 4.9 meters

The distance between ladder and bottom of the slide is 4.9 meters.

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