To the nearest hundredth of a centimeter, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

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asked Jul 8, 2020 202k views

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AdamGold · Answer 1 · 2020-07-12T17:42:55+0000

A 45-45-90 triangle is half a square. So, the hypotenuse is the diagonal of the square.

The diagonal of the square is
d√(2) , where d is the side of the square.

In your case, we have

$d√(2)=110√(2)\approx 155.56$