Question

What is the length of the hypotenus of a right triangle in each of the two legs is 7 units

Answer 1

To find the hypotenuse of a right triangle, use the following formula:

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

Your a and your b are your legs. Plug them in. In this case, we plug in 7 for both.

$c=\sqrt{7^2+7^2}$

$c=\sqrt{49+49}$

$c=\sqrt{98}$

Your answer would be:

Approximate: 9.9

Exact: $7\sqrt{2}$