Complete Question:
Kyle held a balloon 8 feet off the ground, straight above his head. Ava is standing 15 feet directly to the right of Kyle.
Write an equation using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the value of x.
How far are Ava's feet from the balloon?
Answer:
Ava's feet is 17ft away from the balloon
Step-by-step explanation:
Given


The attached image represents the scenario
Using Pythagoras theorem (from the attachment), we have:



Take square roots of both sides


Well, the interseciton of 2 planes would be a line, so it would be like line AB when it goes through the 2 points A and B
40.8 ÷ 69.9 = 0.5836909871
58%
Step-by-step explanation:
=3.0625/ 1
=30625/10000
(multiply top until the decimal goes. and have to multiply by the same number bottom also, here have multiplied by 10000 both bottom and top)
=6125/ 2000
=49/16 (simplify the both bottom and top)