True of false: If a right triangle has legs of length 8 and 15, then we know the length of the hypotenuse is the square root of

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jeyben [28]

3 years ago

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True of false: If a right triangle has legs of length 8 and 15, then we know the length of the hypotenuse is the square root of

8^2 + 15^2, which equals 17.

Mathematics

2 answers:

just olya [345] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-18T07:55:07+03:00

just olya [345]3 years ago

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True would be the answer because the pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2, and to find c, the formula would be

(length of hypotenues)square root of c^2=square root of (8^2+15^2)

nasty-shy [4] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-18T05:36:30+03:00

nasty-shy [4]3 years ago

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The answer is true, it will equal to 17!