How to find the hypotenuse of a triangle?

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StanleyH · Answer 1 · 2018-03-06T14:40:34+0000

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How to find the hyp. of a triangle?

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Using Pythagoras' Theorem!

"The sum of the squares of two sides, or legs, of a right triangle is equal to the square of the longest side, called the hypotenuse."

Thus,

$\bf{a^2+b^2=c^2}$

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$\bf{=a^2+b^2=c^2}$

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OlDor · Answer 2 · 2018-03-09T14:43:27+0000

To find the hypotenuse of the triangle
you use the length of the legs
Plug it into the Pythagorean Theorem

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

is one of the legs

and

b^(2)

is the other leg

then

c^(2)

is the hypothenuse