Question 32750
Since you are given two sides of the triangle and you know that neither of the two are the hypotenuse.  

You can say that either a=3 and b=4 or the other way where a=4 and b=3.  Then by using the pythagorean theorem which states a^2+b^2=c^2 you will be able to get your answer.


So

(3)^2+(4)^2=c^2
9+16=c^2
25=c^2
Now by taking the square root of each side you get that c=+ - 5, but since you are dealing with lengths and you can't have a negative length, then c=5.