Question

In a 30-60-90 triangle, the hypotenuse is the shorter leg times the square root of two.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C "never."

The hypotenuse in a 30-60-90 triangle is the shorter leg doubled. So, it's 2x where x is the shorter leg.

In fact, the square root of two is not used to calculate any other sides in a 30-60-90 triangle. The shorter leg is x, the medium leg is x√3, and the hypotenuse is 2x.