Ben is a safety inspector for a family gym. Recently, guests have been complaining about the diving board saying that it is leaning towards the water. Ben needs to know whether this diving board is standing up straight or not. Ben measures the height of the diving board to be 15 feet. The pool is 13 feet across and he measures the diagonal from the other side of the pool to the top of the diving board to be 21 feet. Is the diving board at a 90 degree angle with the ground? Explain how you know.

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hba · Answer

We have lengths of three sides of a triangle formed by the bottom of the board, top of the board and the pool surface. We know from the Pythagorean theorem, that in a right triangle the following relationship holds:

a2+b2=c2


Where 'c' is the diagonal. Your task is to check if this equation is true in this case. Good luck!

hba · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

The same question and answer was poster here: http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/4ea19d310b8b6cda1233b380

anonymous · Answer

thanks @hba

hba · Answer

ur welcome and thanks for reporting me

anonymous · Answer

Thanks c:

anonymous · Answer

I didn't report and plagiarism is not allowed in this website. If you are going to copy someones work you have to give them credit @hba