What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 15 and 13?
1 Answer
Jan 13, 2016
Explanation:
You can use the Pythagorean Theorem.
In your case, the two sides (that are not the hypotenuse) are
The Pythagorean Therem states:
# a^2 + b^2 = c^2 #
Thus, in your case, you have
#15^2 + 13^2 = c^2 #
# 225 + 169 = c^2 #
# 394 = c^2 #
# c = sqrt(394) ~~ 19.85#
