Troy is about to ride a straight water slide. The length of the water slide itself is 15 meters. The splash pool at the end of the slide is 12 meters away from the base of the tower that leads up to the launching platform. How high is the launching platform? meters
Troy is about to ride a straight water slide. The length of the water slide itself is 15 meters. The splash pool at the end of the slide is 12 meters away from the base of the tower that leads up to the launching platform. How high is the launching platform? meters
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Troy is about to ride a straight water slide. The length of the water slide itself is 15 meters.
The splash pool at the end of the slide is 12 meters away from the base of the tower that
leads up to the launching platform. How high is the launching platform?
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Troy is about to ride a straight water slide. The length of the water slide itself is 15 meters.
The splash pool at the end of the slide is 12 meters away from the base of the tower that
leads up to the launching platform. How high is the launching platform?
meters
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