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
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Transcribed Image Text:Learning Diagnostic Analytics A Skill plans A Math E MN Standards Recommendations You have prizes to reveal! Go Seventh grade > Y.3 Pythagorean theorem: word problems U5U 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 Submit Work it out Not feeling ready vet? These can help: e here to search hp fs 米 & 7 * %23 3. 24 41 8 U 近 LO R E.
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