Given a right triangle #triangle ABC# with #C=90^circ#, if a=6, b=8, how do you find c?
1 Answer
Feb 2, 2018
Explanation:
#"using "color(blue)"Pythagoras' theorem"#
#"here c represents the hypotenuse since it is the side"#
#"opposite "angleC=90^@#
#rArrc^2=a^2+b^2larrcolor(blue)"Pythagoras' theorem"#
#color(white)(rArrc^2)=6^2+8^2=36+64=100#
#c^2=100rArrc=sqrt100=10#
