Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle?

the 2 legs are 7 and 4

can u explain to me how to find the hypotenuse

Answer 1

To answer this question you must use Pythagorean theorem:

`a^(2) +b^(2)=c^(2)`

a and b are the legs (the sides that form a perpendicular/right angle)

c is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle)

In this case...

a = 7

b = 4

C (the hypotenuse is unknown)

^^^Plug these numbers into the theorem

`7^(2) +4^(2) =c^(2)`

49 + 16 = c²

65 = c²

To remove the square from c take the square root of both sides to get you...

c = √65

Roughly this is

c ≈ 8.06

Hope this helped!

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