Find the length of the missing side of the right triangle 24 ft
7 ft

A)25 ft
B)31 ft
C)22.96 ft
D)625 ft

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.