Question

In a right triangle shaped house, the roof is 51 feet long and the base of the house is 29 feet across. Calculate the height of the ho

Answer 1

Hypoteneuse is 51 feet and the base of the triangle is 29 feet long. use c^2-a^2=b^2
so 51^2 - 29^2 then square root it

Answer 2

For this equation you would use Pythagorean's theorem. Which is super helpful in finding missing sides of triangle. so a^2 + b^2 = c^2. The only tricky part is having to remember that C IS ALWAYS THE LONG SIDE OF THE TRIANGLE. Always and forever! The equation you would use to figure this out would be:

29^2 + b^2 = 51^2


And the solve for b.

I hope this helped! :)