Question

What is the length of the missing side?

A right triangle is shown. One leg is labeled nine. The hypotenuse is labeled fifteen. The second leg is labeled with a question mark.

Answer 1

Is it a right triangle?

Answer 2

do u know about Pythagoras theorem ?

Answer 3

Here are the choices

6

twelve

thirty-six

square root of three hundred six

Answer 4

in a right angle triangle
a^2 = b^2 + c^2

Answer 5

c is usually related to the hypotenuse

Answer 6

? So would the answer 6\

Answer 7

in ur problem
a = 15
b = 9

u have to find c

Answer 8

15^2 = 9^2 + c^2
c^2 = 225 - 81

Answer 9

solve it for c

Answer 10

Im so confused the triangkle donyt look like that

Answer 11

can u post ur triangle... i mean scan it :) ?

Answer 12

Yes i will try

Answer 13

\[c^2 = a^2 +b^2\]
c = 15
a = b
b = ?

Plug in the values
\[15^2 = 9^2 +b^2\]
Square the 15 and 9
\[225 = 81 +b^2\]
Subtract 81 from both sides
\[144 = b^2\]
Take the square root of 144, which is ?

Answer 14

Sorry a = 9 not b

Answer 15

rest is correct tho

Answer 16

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Answer 17

opps

Answer 18

http://learn.flvs.net/webdav/assessment_images/educator_math2/v9/01_11c_01_01.jpg

Answer 19

he must keep getting confuse because both of us keep explaining the same thing.... Ryan u
may keep the explaining going ...:)

Answer 20

there is the triangle

Answer 21

did you see the lunk i sent

Answer 22

Gave me an error, is it a right triangle ?

Answer 23

http://learn.flvs.net/webdav/assessment_images/educator_math2/v9/01_11c_01_01.jpg

Answer 24

I figured it out thats for the help :)