Question

The gable end of the roof shown below is divided in half by a vertical brace, 8 feet in height. Find the length of the roof line.
Your answer is incorrect. ft

Answer 1

pythagorean triangle
Sqrt[15^+8^2]

Answer 2

1/2 of the 30 ft member is 15 ft. The vertical member is 8 use the pythagorem formula.:

Answer 3

Like the roof line is a hypotenuse.

Answer 4

can you set it up

Answer 5

i got 289

Answer 6

for final answer u hv to take squareroot of 289
\[\sqrt{289} = 17\]

Answer 7

so length of the roof line is 17 ft