Ilya builds a slide that is 2 point 9 meters long. It is 1 point 5 meters above the ground. He wants to determine the distance from the bottom of the slide to the base of the ladder leading up to the slide. Which diagram represents this situation?

The slide is the slanted side of the right triangle, so its length of 2.9 meters belongs on the hypotenuse. The height above the ground is the vertical leg, labeled 1.5 meters. The horizontal distance from the bottom of the slide to the ladder’s base is the remaining leg, so diagram A represents the situation.

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