What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 5 and 6?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Pythagoras' Theorem states for a right triangle 'the square on
the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other
2 sides'
If h = hypotenuse and a , b represent the other 2 sides :
then :
h2=a2+b2 For this question let a = 5 and b = 6
hence
h2=52+62=25+36=61 so
h=√61≈7.8