Question

the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 inches and the height is 5 inches more than its base. what is the height of the triangle?

Answer 1

25^2=H^2+(h-5)^2

solve for height h

Answer 2

You take the square root for both sides to cancel out the square. Then you solve for H. After finding H, you add 5 to find the height, which is 20