Triangle ABC is a right triangle with the right angle at C. If the length of side AC is 6 units and the length of side BC is 8 units, what is the length of the hypotenuse AB?

Recall that for a right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. This can be expressed as:

$$ AB^2 = AC^2 + BC^2 $$