The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 50 meters long and one side is 30 meters long. What is the length of the remaining side?
1 Answer
Jun 10, 2018
40
Explanation:
Use Pythagorean's Theorem:
you have
You might also note that this triangle is a "pythagorean triple", a 3,4,5 triangle multiplied by 10 and immediately deduce the missing side must be 40.