Question

Find the missing length of the triangle.

Answer 1

b = 24

Explanation:

you are going to use the pythagorean theorem.
`a^(2) + b^(2) =c^(2)` you know b (a short side) and c (the hypotenuse), so fill those values in and change the variable to match that of the problem.
`b^(2) + 10^(2) = 26^(2)` so now you are going to solve these.
`b^(2) + 100 = 676`. now you subtract 100 from both sides to get b on one side and the numbers on the other.
`b^(2) = 576`. now take the square root of both sides because you want just b.
`\sqrt{b^(2) } = √(576)`. which equals b= 24. that's how you get the answer.