Question

A student is asked to find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. The length of one leg is 26 ​centimeters, and the length of the other leg is 22 centimeters. The student incorrectly says that the length of the hypotenuse is 6.9 centimeters.

The length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle to the nearest tenth of a centimeter is enter your response here
cm.

Answer 1

Answer: 34.1 cm

Explanation:

Using the pythagorean theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2), we know that the hypotenuse^2 = 26^2 + 22^2

Hypotenuse^2 = 1160

Hypotenuse = about 34.1 cm