Question

What's the answer to my question?​

Answer 1

17

Explanation:

The Pythagorean Theorem is L^2 + L^2 = H^2:

We can just substitute 15 and 8 as our L's:

So, 15^2 + 8^2 = H^2.

225 + 64 = 289.

Square root 289 = 17.

So 17 feet is the length of the hypotenuse.