document.write( "Question 383981: Can you help me solve this equation?\r
\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "If the legs of a right angle are 9 and 17, what is the length of the hypotenuse? \n" );
document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #271800 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! leg1 = 9 \n" ); document.write( "leg2 = 17 \n" ); document.write( "let hypotenuse be H \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "PYTHAGORAS THEOREM \n" ); document.write( "LEG1^2+LEG2^2 = HYPOTENUSE^2 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "9^2+17^2= H^2 \n" ); document.write( "81+289=H^2 \n" ); document.write( "H^2= 370 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "H= 19.2 units \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |