Given:
Max's house has two steps on the front porch.
Size of each step is the same.
To find:
The total vertical distance covered by the two steps.
Solution:
From the given figure, it is clear that,
Base length of each step = 6 in
Hypotenuse = 10 in
Let h be the vertical height of each step.
Using Pythagoras theorem, the vertical height of one step is
Taking square root on both sides.
Height cannot be negative. So, h = 8 in.
Now,
Vertical height of 2 steps =
=
So, the total vertical distance covered by the two steps is 16 in.
Therefore, the correct option is A.