Question

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The area of a right triangle is 950 in?. The base of the triangle is 50 in.

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Round to the nearest tenth.
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Answer 1

60.8 inches

Explanation:

you can find the height of the triangle by using what you know about the area

A = 1/2bh

950 = 1/2(50)·h

950 = 25h

h = 950/25 = 38

To find hypotenuse you can use the Pythagorean Theorem:

38² + 50² = c²

1444 + 2500 = c²

c² = 3944

c = √3944 ≈ 62.8