Question

PLEASE HELP VERY URGENT

Suppose you know the following facts about angle ABC and angle DEF: (1) both triangles have sides of length a and b (2) For angle ABC, a^2 + b^2 = c^2 (3) For angle DEF, angle F is a right triangle. Use the list of expressions below to find the value of c in angle ABC and the length of the hypotenuse of angle DEF.

The value of c in angle ABC is _______ and the length of the hypotenuse of angle DEF is ________.

A. square root of a^2 + b^2
B. a^2 + b^2
C. b^2 - a^2
D. square root of a^2 - b^2
E. a^2 - b^2
F. square root of b^2 - a^2

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Answer 1

A. square root of a^2 + b^2 for both answers

Explanation:

The first problem, we are given

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

What we do is solve for c.

sqrt(a^2 + b^2) = c

c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2)

For problem 2,

WE can apply the Pythagorean theorem because we have a right triangle.

The equations is

a^2 + b^2 = c^2 like the first problem

Solving gets us

sqrt(a^2 + b^2) = c

c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2)