Question

What is the length of bc in the right triangle below?

Answer 1

17

We use the formula a^2+b^2=c^2. In this case, we substitute 8 and 15 into a and b.

8^2+15^2=c^2
64+225=289
Because it has to be squared, we take the square root of 289 which gives us the final answer of 17.

Answer 2

17 is the answer you should use Pythagorean’s theorem like
H²=p²+b²
And keep value of p and b as 8 and 15 then solve it