A right triangle has sides of 7 ft and 1 ft. What is the hypotenuse?

1 Answer

pythagoras...

Explanation:

let the sides be a,b and hypotenuse be c...
a=7
b=1
c=sqrt(a^2+b^2)
c = sqrt(7^2+1^2)
c=sqrt(49+1) = sqrt(50) = sqrt(25*2)=5sqrt(2) ft.