Question

May someone help me with this. I have to use the Pythagorean theorem for this problem. May you show steps too?

Answer 1

Answer:

the missing side value is 6.7.

Step-by-step explanation:

so the Pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2, but since we are missing the b slide the equation now is 7^2-2^2=b^2. now you may not understand why we are missing the b side. so in the Pythagorean theorem, the a and b slides dont really matter, as long as the c side is the hypotenuse, or the longest slide in a triangle. so 7squared is 49, 2 squared is 4, so 49-4= 45, but its 45squared because the equation is c^2-a^2=b^2 so now we know that 45 is b squared, we just have to square root 45, to get about 6.7.