Question

If a right triangle has legs measuring 6 feet and 8 feet, how long is the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem.


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

it doesn't matter which value is which since we are looking for the hypotenuse, so we would plug in given values:


`6^2+8^2=c^2`

From here we do the math to solve for c


`36+64=c^2`


`100=c^2`


`√(100) = √(c^2)`

Final answer ----> C=10