Help??! You help your dad build a dog house for your dog. You tell him that it would be easy to build a dog house in the shape of a tent. The slanted sides are 5 feet long and the bottom of the house is 8 feet across. You draw him the following illustration to help him find the height of the dog house. What do you tell him the height of the dog house is?

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anonymous · Answer

the height is 3

anonymous · Answer

it is a 3 - 4 - 5 triangle

anonymous · Answer

the base is 4, the slanted edge is 5, so the height must be 3

anonymous · Answer

I that's what I thought! but I wasn't sure thank you :)

anonymous · Answer

and you can scale the 3 4 5, so if they give you say, 6, and 10, then you know the other one is 8