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Applying the Pythagorean theorem, solve this triangle.​

JUST HELP ME! PLEASE!!..0o0 Applying the Pythagorean theorem, solve this triangle-example-1
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Yas the answer is 100ft like the person before me has said.
JUST HELP ME! PLEASE!!..0o0 Applying the Pythagorean theorem, solve this triangle-example-1
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Answer: 100 ft is the hypotenuse

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a = 60 and b = 80 are the two known sides

c is the unknown hypotenuse

Applying the pythagorean theorem gets us...

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

60^2 + 80^2 = c^2

3600 + 6400 = c^2

10,000 = c^2

c^2 = 10,000

c = sqrt(10,000)

c = 100

A quick way to see that 100 ft is the missing side is to note that a 6,8,10 right triangle scales up to 60,80,100 after multiplying all three sides by 10.

Or you could start with a 3,4,5 right triangle and multiply all three sides by 20.

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