Question

How do you use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side of the right triangle with the given measures given c is the hypotenuse and we have a=3 c=4?

Answer 1

c^2=a^2+b^2

4^2=3^2+b^2

16=9+b^2

b^2=16-9=7

b=

$\sqrt{7}$