Question

help me with this math problem or else nothing will happen.

Answer 1

Since it's a right triangle, you can use the Pythagorean theorem. Are you familiar with that?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Length of a leg squared plus length of the other leg squared equals the hypotenuse squared.

Answer 2

but then what would the bottom leg be? none of the answers make sense.

Answer 3

But do you know the Pythagorean theorem though?

Answer 4

And do you know what I mean by leg and hyoptenuse

Answer 5

yes it is A^+B^=C^

Answer 6

Ok, so one leg is 48, and the hypotenuse is 52.
You are trying to find the other leg (let's call it x), so plugging this in, you have
\[x^2 + 48^2 = 52^2\]

Answer 7

so to find X^ squared we would subtract 48^ from 52^ . But then what would we do?

Answer 8

Then take the square root to get x.

Answer 9

which square root?

Answer 10

You have
x^2 = 52^2 - 48^2
x^2 = 400
x = sqrt(400)

Answer 11

so its 20

Answer 12

thanks