Question

The length of the hypotenuse, line segment GH, in triangle GJH measures 6 cm. Line segment JH measures 2 cm.

Answer 1

the other line segment would measure"

6^2 = 2^2 + x^2

36 = 4 + x^2

32 = x^2

x = sqrt(32)

x =4sqrt(2) or 5.6568 ( round decimal as needed)