Tristan is building a slide for his kids. The ladder is 6 feet tall and the slide is 10 feet long. W

Tristan is building a slide for his kids. The ladder is 6 feet tall and the slide is 10 feet long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?

The answer is 8.

We have a 3-4-5 triangle. But it's scaled by 2.

3 * 2 = 6

5 * 2 = 10 (hypotenuse-slide)

4 * 2 = 8