The legs of a right triangle are 3 units and 5 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
1 Answer
Nov 25, 2016
Length of the hypotenuse is
Explanation:
The question state that
"The legs of a right triangle are 3 units and 5 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?"
From this it is apparent (a) that it is a right angle and (b) the legs form right angle and are not hypotenuse.
Hence using Pythagoras Theorem hypotenuse is
