document.write( "Question 382803: find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if one leg is 12 inches and the other leg is 5 inches less then the hypotenus \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #271221 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Pythagoras theorem \n" ); document.write( "a^2+b^2=c^2 \n" ); document.write( "a= leg1 \n" ); document.write( "b=leg2 \n" ); document.write( "c= hypotenuse \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "5^2+12^2=hypotenuse^2 \n" ); document.write( "25+144=h^2 \n" ); document.write( "169=h^2 \n" ); document.write( "square root on both sides \n" ); document.write( "13 = h \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Hypotenuse = 13 inches \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |