Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if each of the two legs is 4 units?

A) the square root of 8 units
B) 4 units
C) the square root of 32 units
D) 8 units

Answer 1

Use pythagorean theorem formula: (a^2+b^2)=c^2 - c is hypotenuse - a and b are the legs

Plug in numbers.

(4*4)+(4*4)=32

Now we need to find the square root of 32 units since that number is our c^2

Answer: C