Question

In the figure, BC is a support for the roof
of a garage. What is the length of BC?

Answer 1

Bc = √63 ft

Explanation:

Here, we want to get the length of BC

As we can see, there is a right angled triangle ABC, with 12ft being the hypotenuse and 9 ft the other side

So we want to get the third leg which is BC

we can use the Pythagoras’ theorem here

And that states that the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the two other sides

let the missing length be x

12^2 = x^2 + 9^2

144 = x^2 + 81

x^2 = 144-81

x^2 = 63

x = √63 ft