What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 8 and 15 units in length?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-09T15:44:35

17 units.

let`s name the unknown quantity as #x#

so according to the Pythagorean formula...

#x^2=(15)^2+(8)^2#

i..e..

#x^2=225+64#

which is

#x^2=289#

doing the square root on both the sides,

#x=sqrt289#

i.e.

#x=17units#

hence the length of the hypotenuse is 17 units.