Question

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 17. The lengths of the two legs are whole numbers. What are they? please help thank you

Answer 1

I figured out just by using trial and error.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, we know that the hypotenuse squared must equal the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides.
17^2 = 289 So,
side 1 squared + side 2 squared must equal 289

Answer 2

ok thank you

Answer 3

I figured out the 2 sides just using trial and error
they are 8 and 15
8^2 = 64 and 15^2 = 225
64 + 225 = 289