Consider the right triangle. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Please help!

Question

asked Jan 16, 2020 148k views

2 Answers

Cristian Florescu · Answer 1 · 2020-01-21T15:26:55+0000

Answer:

The answer to your question is: hypotenuse = 53 m

Explanation:

Data

Opposite leg = 28

Adjacent leg = 45

hypotenuse = ?

Pythagorean theorem

$c^(2) = a^(2)  + b^(2) \\$

c^(2) = 28^(2) + 45^(2)

c^(2) = 784 + 2025

c² = 2809

c = 53 m