Question

In a right angle triangle , the two shorter sides are 6cm and 8cm in length . What is the length of the longest side

Answer 1

10 cm

Explanation:

In a right triangle, there are three sides, A, B, and C.

A and B are the short sides, while C is the long side.

So we know that A = 6 cm, and B = 8 cm.

We can then use the Pythagorean theorem which states that

`C=\sqrt{(A^2)+(B^2)`

Once we plug in the numbers we get

`C=√(6^2+8^2)`

`C=√(36+64)`

`C=√(100)`

C=10 cm