SOLUTION: find the missing length of the right triangle bottom is 17 and the bottom is 15

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Question 200068: find the missing length of the right triangle
bottom is 17 and the bottom is 15
Answer by jerrybassmasta(14) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am assuming that when you refer both the bottoms, you mean the legs.
This means that all we have to do is find the hypotenuse.
The formula for the Pythagorean Theorem is represented by a^2+b^2=c^2
A and B meaning the legs(bottoms) and C being the hypotenuse.
17^2+15^2=c^2
289+225=c^2
514=c^2
After squaring both numbers you get
c=22.6