Question

A right triangle has sides of 7 ft and 1 ft. What is the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

pythagoras...

Explanation:

let the sides be a,b and hypotenuse be c...
`a=7`
`b=1`
`c=sqrt(a^2+b^2)`
`c = sqrt(7^2+1^2)`
`c=sqrt(49+1) = sqrt(50) = sqrt(25*2)=5sqrt(2)` ft.