Question

The length of one leg of a right triangle is 3 and the length of the other leg is 5. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

`sqrt(34)`

Explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the hypotenuse.

`a^2 + b^2 = c^2`
a=3
b=5

Solve for c:

`3^2 + 5^2 = c^2`
`9 + 25= c^2`
`34=c^2`

Now we can square root both sides and we get:

`sqrt(34)=c`