Question

Find the length of the hypotenuse !!

Answer 1

17

Explanation:

To find the hypotenuse, you would use the Pythagorean theorem.

`A^(2) +B^(2) =C^(2)`

We can plug 8 and 15 into A and B\

`8^(2) +15^(2) =C^(2)`

We can simplify this to

64+225=
`C^(2)`

289 =
`C^(2)`

To get C by itself not squared, we can do the square root of both sides.

`√(289) =\sqrt{C^(2) }`

If we simplify, we get

17 = C or C = 17

Therefore the length of the hypotenuse is 17.