Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse?
(Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

Answer 1

c ≈ 6.4 in

Explanation:

using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle.

the square on the hypotenuse (c) is equal to the sum of the squares on the other 2 sides, that is

c² = 4² + 5² = 16 + 25 = 41 ( take square root of both sides )

c =
`√(41)` ≈ 6.4 in ( to the nearest tenth )