Question

Answer these questions about the right triangle.

What is the area of the square of the leg 6?

What is the area of the square of the leg 8?

What is the area of the hypotenuse square?

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

• 36
• 64
• 100
• 10

Explanation:

The area of a square is the square of the side length. Then the side length is the square root of the area.

• 6² = 36 . . . area of the square of leg 6
• 8² = 64 . . . area of the square of leg 8
• 36+64 = 100 . . . sum of the two leg squares = area of hypotenuse square
• √100 = 10 . . . hypotenuse length