SOLUTION: how to find the missing measure of each right triangle. a=5 m, b= 4m

Question 443400: how to find the missing measure of each right triangle. a=5 m, b= 4m
Answer by Leaf W.(135) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An equation of the sides of a right triangle can be written as , where a and b are the measures of the legs (the shorter sides) and c is the measure of the hypotenuse (diagonal/longest side). Assuming that your a and b are the legs of the right triangle, plug your values into the equation:

Next, square root both sides of the equation:

Since is the same as c:
cannot be simplified.
Therefore, the length of the third side/c/hypotenuse of the right triangle is meters.
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