I'm guessing you find the length of the hypotenuse using the pythagorean theorem.
a² + b² = c² a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse
15² + 8² = c²
225 + 64 = c²
289 = c²
√289 = √c²
17 = c
hope that helps, God bless!
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