+26 The building was 34 feet tall and geroge was 15 away from it, how long of aladder would he need to reah the top?
+129849 We can use the Pythagorean Theorem here.....the ladder represents the hypotenuse of a right triangle...so...
ladder length = √[ 34^2 + 15^2 ] = √ [ 1381 ] ≈ 37.16 ft
+26 Thank you so very much for that So I see your squaring the legs and then the sum of those two squared number's squared is the lenght of the hynoptiuse?
+129849 Close.....the square root of the sum of the squares of the leg lengths = the hypotenuse
Look at it this way
leg 1^2 + leg 2^2 = hypotenuse^2 take the square root of both sides
√ [ leg 1^2 + leg 2^2 ] = hypotenuse
+26 Oh so you must square the sum of the legs squared legs or aka square the sum of a^2 + b^2
+129849 Not "square" the sum of the squares of the legs....but....take the square root of the sum of the legs squared
+26 Yep, I guess Just you guys seem like people of the forum so I decided to use the term forum people (Not offenseive I hope right?)
