Question

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 17 cm and the other leg measures 5 cm. Find the measure of the hypotenuse. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

17.7 cm^2

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for finding the hypotenuse using the pythagorean theorem is:

$a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}$

or, it can also be $c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$. But I will be using the first formula.

We first plug in the "legs" to the equation:

$a^{2} =17^{2} \\b^{2}=5^2$

$17^2+5^2=c^2\\17^2+5^2=314$

Now, you find the square root of 314.

$\sqrt{314}=17.72^2$

And finally, just round to the nearest tenths place!

$17.7^2$