Question

Pythagorean theorem round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

x = 14.97

Explanation:

a= 10 c=18

1. plug variables in for pythagorean theorem.

`a^2+b^2=c^2`→
`10^2+b^2=18^2`

2.solve for b from pythagorean theorem.

`10^2+b^2=18^2`→
`100+b^2=324`

-100 -100

`b^2=224`→
`b=√(224)`

b = 14.9666295.....

3. Round variable b to the nearest hundreth assuming they expect that and change the variable to x since we were actually looking for x.

b=14.9666....→ b(estimated)= 14.97

x(estimated)=14.97