SOLUTION: What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose side length are 6 and 10? Leave the answer in exact form simplified.

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Question 1037915: What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose side length are 6 and 10? Leave the answer in exact form simplified.
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Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pythagoras said that the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the square root of the sums of the squares of the sides:
h = √a^2+b^2
You have one side = 6 and the other = 10
6 squared: 6*6 = 36
10 squared:10*10 = 100
36+100 = 136 and √136 = 11.66 is the length of the hypotenuse

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose side length are 6 and 10? Leave the answer in exact form simplified.
 

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