Question

Shown below is a right triangle with side lengths of 14.4 units, x units, and 15.6 units. Which equation could be used to determine the value of x?

Answer 1

We are asked to find the length of one of the sides of a right angle triangle given the other two.

One of the sides measures 14.4 units (one of the triangle's legs)

the other one 15.6 units (the hypotenuse)

and we are asked to find the third one "x" (which is another leg)

So, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg measure:

`x=\sqrt[]{15.6^2-14.4^2}`

Please check your list of answers looking for the answer that reads as the expression above.