Question

Using the the side lengths on the previous slide, use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the hypotenuse. Show your work

Answer 1

Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided figure and side lenghts, we are going to calculate the requested hypotenuse, so we obtain the following:

`\begin{gathered} h=√((37.5in)^2+(21.1in)^2) \\ h=√(1406.25in^2+445.21in^2) \\ h=√(1851.46in^2) \\ h\approx43.03in \\ h\approx43in \end{gathered}`

Finally we obtain that the hypotenuse is approximately 43 inches.