Question

Sketch the right triangle and find the length of the side not given if necessary approximate the light to the nearest thousandth

Answer 1

Let's take a look at our triangle:

Using the pythagorean theorem, we'll have that:

`h^2=12^2+16^2`

Solving for h,

`\begin{gathered} h^2=12^2+16^2 \\ \rightarrow h=\sqrt[]{12^2+16^2} \\ \rightarrow h=\sqrt[]{400} \\ \\ \Rightarrow h=20 \end{gathered}`

This way, we can conlcude that the missing side measures 20 units.