Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of length 70 feet and 240 feet?

Answer 1

For a right-angled triangle, Pythagoras theorems hold

Pythagoras theorem states that the square of the hypotenus is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides

`\begin{gathered} h^2=70^2+240^2 \\ h^2=4900+57600 \\ h^2=62500 \\ h=\sqrt[]{62500} \\ h=250 \end{gathered}`

The hypotenuse is 250 feet