Pythagorean Theorem Math Project

Our math project is about a flying squirrel trying to get a fallen acorn. At first, we tried to write a problem that would be useful in real life, then we realized that was not a possibility. We saw a similar problem online which inspired our little friend the flying squirrel. We know that the flying squirrel is 13 feet high in the tree and the acorn is 19 feet from the base of the tree. Those two facts give us the two legs of our triangle. With that information we know need to figure out how far the flying squirrel has to glide from his spot on the tree. When using the Pythagorean Theorem we can add the squared totals of each number, then find the square root of that number. That will give us the distance of the hypotenuse, the missing side,  and the distance that the flying squirrel has to glide to reach the acorn, which is 23 feet when you round to the nearest tenth.