Question

How does a length of a hypotenuse in a right angle compared to the length of legs?

Answer 1

In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the square of one leg plus the square of the other leg.

In math terms, where c is the hypotenuse and a and b are the legs:

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

This is called the Pythagorean Theorem.