Question

A and beach represent the length of a leg of a right triangle, and crepresents the length of its hypotenuse. Find the missing length, given the

other two lengths.
a = 12, b = 5,C=

Answer 1

c = 13

Explanation:

To find the value of c, we are to make use of Pythagoras’ theorem

From the theorem, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the two other sides

Using the sides given;

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

c^2 = 12^2 + 5^2

c^2 = 144 + 25

c^2 = 169

c = √169

c = 13