Question

What is the length of rs? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

SR=15units

‹RTQ=90° since ‹RTQ and ‹RTS are supplementary

Given that ‹RTQ is a right angle then RTQ is a right-angled triangle making RQ the hypotenuse

With that knowledge we calculate RT using Pythagorean theorem

RT=√(20)²-(16)²

RT=√400-256

RT=√144=12units

Now for triangle RST, SR is the hypotenuse and should have the longest length whose adjacent,ST should also sum up with 16 to give a number which when combined will give the square root of the sum of the squares of RQ and SR

Plug in 9 for ST and SR becomes

√(12)²+(9)²=√144+81=√225=15 units

This is true because SQ=16+9=25 units

and using Triangle RSQ,

SQ=√(20)²+(15)²=√400+225=√625=25 units