Question

The legs of a right triangle are 10 centimeters and 24 centimeters long what is the length of the hypotenuse ?

Answer 1

Let the hypotenuse be x then,
Using the pythagoras theorm,
10^2 + 24^2 = x^2 (alt^2 + base^2 = hypo^2)
100 + 576 = x^2
676 = x^2
Therefore x= square root of 676 = 26
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