Question

I’ll give 15. What is the missing side length in the triangle below?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

40 ft

Explanation:

The fiagram shows the right triangle (one angle is right angle).

By the Pythagorean theorem,

`\text{Leg}_1^2+\text{Leg}_2^2=\text{Hypotenuse}^2`

From the diagram,

`\text{Leg}_1=24\ ft\\ \\\text{Leg}_2=32\ ft\\ \\\text{Hypotenuse}=c\ ft,`

then

`24^2+32^2=c^2\\ \\c^2=576+1,024\\ \\c^2=1,600\\ \\c^2=40^2\\ \\c=40\ ft`