Identify the legs and the hypotenuse of the triangle. You know that the triangle is a right triangle since the ground and the raised portion of the porch are perpendicular—this means you can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this problem. Identify a, b, and c. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of c.
If it's a right triangle, use pythagreom therom. If not, use sin cos or tan...sin= opposite of angle/hypotenuse...cos=adjacent of angle/hypotenuse...tan=opposite of angle/adjacent of angle.
so, say you have a right triangle. if you take the 90 degree box, and draw a linecoming out of the corner, the arrow leads to the hypoteuse
Identify the legs and the hypotenuse of the triangle. You know that the triangle is a right triangle since the ground and the raised portion of the porch are perpendicular—this means you can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this problem. Identify a, b, and c. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of c.