SOLUTION: Need to know..length of hypotenuse, if right angle, a=6 b=8. Then what is formula for c?

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Question 550928: Need to know..length of hypotenuse, if right angle, a=6 b=8. Then what is formula for c?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Need to know..length of hypotenuse, if right angle, a=6 b=8. Then what is formula for c?
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It's the Pythagorean Theorem.


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