Question

In a right triangle, the base is 11 units long, and the height is 10 units long, how do you figure out the other side's length?

Answer 1

The side`color(blue)(= 14.86` units

Explanation:

The Pythagoras theorem goes as follows:

`color(blue)(a^2+b^2 = c^2`

`a` is the base, `b` is height `c` is hypotenuse.

Here :`color(blue)(a=11, b=10`

`color(blue)(11^2+ 10^2 )= c^2`
`221 = c^2`
`c = sqrt221`
`color(blue)(c = 14.86`