Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 8 and 10?

Answer 1

`2sqrt41 or 12.806`

Explanation:

Use the famous pythagoras theorem

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

Here a=8 and b=10 (or vice versa)

so `c= sqrt(8^2 + 10^2)`

`c=sqrt164`

`c=2sqrt41 or 12.806`