Good answers for brainliest! find the pythagoream theorm and explain how it works

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Step-by-step explanation: You square the length of one leg of the triangle, do that with the other leg, and that should give you c^2. But because the answer you get is squared, you have to get the square root of it to get the proper length of the hypotenuse (the side that is not connected by the right angle.)