Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 8 and 3?

Answer 1

`sqrt(8^2+3^2)=sqrt(64+9)`

`=sqrt(73)`

Explanation:

`a^2+b^2=c^2`

`a=3`

`b=8`

`c=sqrt(a^2+b^2)`

`=sqrt(73)`