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HELP PLS WITH PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

HELP PLS WITH PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM-example-1

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Answer:

100 ft

Explanation:

We need to find the diagonal ( or hypotenuse)

We can use the Pythagorean theorem

a^2+b^2 = c^2 where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse

80^2 + 60^2 = c^2

6400+3600 = c^2

10000 = c^2

Taking the square root of each side

sqrt(10000) = sqrt(c^2)

100 = c

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