SOLUTION: find the length of the hypoteneuse of a right triangle if its two legs are 6m and 8m?
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Question 455039: find the length of the hypoteneuse of a right triangle if its two legs are 6m and 8m?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the length of the hypoteneuse of a right triangle if its two legs are 6m and 8m?
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Apply the Pythagorean theorem:
Let h = hypotenuse
then
h^2 = 6^2 + 8^2
h^2 = 36 + 64
h^2 = 100
h = 10m
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