sid climbs a tower to ride a straight water slide. the slide is 21 meters. after landing in the splash pool, he walks 5 meters to get back to the base of the tower. what is the height of the tower?

Answer 1

This sounds like a Pythagorean problem. So remember the equation:

a² + b² = c²

Just plug and chug now:

5² + b² = 21²

25 + b² = 441

b² = 416

b = 4 * 4 * 26 = 16(26^1/2)

this will be roughly equal to 20.4m, remember to add the unit of measure back in!