The shortest distance from D to B in the given question is 17m.
What is the shortest distance?
The least path that we have to travel when we are going from one point to another is called the shortest distance.
Shortest distance between point B and D = Diagonal BD
Given height(CD) of the cuboid = 8m
Given length(BC) of the cuboid = 15m
As the ∠BCD is a right angle:
BD^2 = BC^2 + CD^2 (Pythagoras Theorem)
BD^2 = (15)^2 + (8)^2
BD^2 = 225 + 64
BD^2 = 289
BD = 17m
Hence the shortest distance from the point B to D is 17m.
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