Question

Help please! This has to do with the Pythagorean theorem.

Answer 1

Answer: It's 11.5

Explanation ( took so long)

`C = \sqrt{a^(2) + b^(2) }\\14 = \sqrt{8^(2) + b^(2) }\\14 = \sqrt{64 + b^(2) }\\14^(2) = 64 + b^(2) \\196 = 64 + b^(2) \\64 +b^(2) = 196\\b^(2) = 196 - 64\\b^(2) =132\\b = √(132) \\b = 11.48`

Answer 2

so the pythagorean theorem is:

a^2+b^2=c^2

where a and b are the sides, and c is the hypotenuse.

to fill this in, we will get:

x^2+8^2=14^2

now we will need to solve.

x^2+8^2=14^2
x^2+64=196
x^2=132
x=11.5