The area of a right triangle is 60 ft^2. The base of the triangle is 8ft. What is the length of the hypotenuse. Show your work.

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Taniya Chandler

Mathematics

6 February, 03:30

The area of a right triangle is 60 ft^2. The base of the triangle is 8ft. What is the length of the hypotenuse. Show your work.

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Elf · Answer 1

Triangle area = half (base * height)

60 sq feet = 4 * height

height = 60/4

height = 15

hyp^2 = leg1^2 + leg2^2

hyp^2 = 15^2 + 8^2

hyp^2 = 225 + 64

hyp^2 = 289

hypotenuse = 17