Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 12 and 7?

Answer 1

`h = sqrt(193) approx 13.89`

Explanation:

Pythagoras' Theorem states that `h^2 = x^2 + y^2`
where h is the hypotenuse and x and y are the other two sides.
Then `h^2 = 12^2 + 7^2 = 144 + 49 = 193`
`h = sqrt(193) approx 13.89`