can someone help me i half figured out this problem but got stuck.

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mathstudent55 · Answer

Did you use a calculator?

xapproachesinfinity · Answer

For PR you can use Pythagorean Theorem

mathstudent55 · Answer

What number did you actually get, with all the decimal places?

xapproachesinfinity · Answer

should be 15.2315

mathstudent55 · Answer

How did you get exactly 15.2?

xapproachesinfinity · Answer

before rounding that is

mathstudent55 · Answer

Are you using a calculator?
Is your calculator set to only 1 decimal place?

mathstudent55 · Answer

You constructed a right triangle with legs 14 and 6 units long, then you measured the hypotenuse with a ruler?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Ok.
If you needed an answer correct to only the nearest tenth, you'd be correct, but to get the hundredth place, you need to use a different method.

mathstudent55 · Answer

@xapproachesinfinity mentioned above that you can use the Pythagorean theorem.
Do you know how to use it?

mathstudent55 · Answer

$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$
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mathstudent55 · Answer

I think that is what you were trying to write.

mathstudent55 · Answer

The two sides called a and b are the legs of the right triangle.
They are the sides that form the right angle.

The side called c is the hypotenuse. 
It is opposite the right angle, and it is the longest side of a right triangle.

Your two sides with lengths 14 and 6 are the legs that form the right angle.
Use the Pythagorean theorem formula above, and replace a with 14 and b with 6.
What do you get?

mathstudent55 · Answer

No.
You started correctly, but you don't multiply.

Let's do this in a way that you don't loose track of what you're doing.

We have a formula for this problem, so let's start by writing it.
Our formula for this problem is the equation of the Pythagorean theorem.

$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$

Now we replace the values we know.

$a = 14$,  and  $b = 6$

$14^2 + 6^2 = c^2$

Now we square 14 and 6. Notice there is an addition sign between them, not a multiplication sign.

$196 + 36 = c^2$

Now add 196 and 36.

What do you get?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Yes. 
Now you have

$232 = c^2$

Switch sides:

$c^2 = 232$

If the square of c is 232, then 232 is the square root of c.
Use a calculator to find the square root of 232.
Then round off to the nearest hundredth.

mathstudent55 · Answer

Now you see lots of decimal places.
Now round off to the nearest hundredth.

mathstudent55 · Answer

No.
This is how you do it.

mathstudent55 · Answer

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