here, we want to get the side that faces the right angle
The side is called the hypotenuse
To find this length, we are going to use the Pythagoras' theorem
The square of this side is equal to the sum of the squares of the two other sides
Thus, we have;
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{?}^2=8^2+6^2 \\ \text{?}^2\text{ = 64 + 36} \\ \text{?}^2\text{ = 100} \\ \text{? = }\sqrt[]{100} \\ \text{? = 10 ft} \end{gathered}[/tex]