Question

The area of a right triangle is 60 ft^2. The base of the triangle is 8ft. What is the length of the hypotenuse. Show your work.

Answer 1

Triangle area = half (base * height)
60 sq feet = 4 * height
height = 60/4
height = 15

hyp^2 = leg1^2 + leg2^2
hyp^2 = 15^2 + 8^2
hyp^2 = 225 + 64
hyp^2 = 289
hypotenuse = 17