27,464 views
33 votes
33 votes
What is the length of the hypotenuse?

What is the length of the hypotenuse?-example-1
User Thomanski
by
3.0k points

1 Answer

12 votes
12 votes

Answer:

55.866 ft

Explanation:

Use Pythagorean Theorem:

a² + b² = c²

(39)² + (40)² = c²

3121 = c²

Square root of both sides

c = 55.866 ft should be the answer.

Hope this helps

User UncleZeiv
by
3.0k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.