SOLUTION: My math homework says.... Draw a right triangle. One of the legs measures 8cm. The other leg measures 6cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Thank You

Question 687104: My math homework says.... Draw a right triangle. One of the legs measures 8cm. The other leg measures 6cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Thank You
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Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Draw a right triangle. One of the legs measures 8cm. The other leg measures 6cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
I can't really draw a right triangle for you here, but the Pythagorean Theorem helps us to find the hypotenuse: (leg)^2+(other leg)^2=(hypotenuse)^2
Usually, we use a and b for the legs and c for the hypotenuse.

The hypotenuse is 10 cm.
Happy Calculating!
Answer by josh_jordan(263) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the hypotenuse of a right triangle when you are given the lengths of two sides, you will use the formula: , where a represents one leg, b represents the other leg, and c represents the hypotenuse. In order to find c, for this right trangle, plug in the numbers into the equation:

Which breaks down to:
, simplified to

To solve for c, take the square root of both sides:
=

So, the length of the hypotenuse is 10cm.
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