The legs of a right triangle are 18cm and 80cm long. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Question

asked Nov 5, 2018 49.8k views

1 Answer

Jglouie · Answer 1 · 2018-11-11T09:17:11+0000

this is where you would use the pythagorean theorem
a² + b² = c²

remember that a and b are the 2 legs, and c is the hypotenuse

18² + 80² = c²
324 + 6400 = c²
6724 = c²
√6724 = c
82 = c

the length of the hypotenuse is 82cm

The legs of a right triangle are 18cm and 80cm long. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Please log in or register to answer this question.

1 Answer

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Related questions

Categories

Other Questions