Question

The shortest leg of a right triangle is 27 units. The other leg is 36 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

Length of Hypotenuse: 45

Explanation:

To solve this we need to use the pythagorean theorem.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

In this case: a = 27

b = 36

27^2 + 36^2 = c^2

729 + 1296 = 2025

then we need to find the square root of 2025

45^2 = 2025