Question

The two short sides of a triangle are 3 and 4 inches. what is the length of the hypotenuse,in inches?​

Answer 1

Answer:

hypotenuse = 5 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypotenuse, by the Pythagoras theorem, is the square-root of the sum of the square of the two short sides.

Hypotenuse

= sqrt(3²+4²)

=sqrt(9+16)

=sqrt(25)

=sqrt(5²)

=5

Answer 2

Answer:

The length of the hypotenuse is 5 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for finding the hypotenuse is $a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}$,

with a and be being the two shorter sides of the triangle, while c is the hypotenuse.

Let's plug in our values for a and b and solve.

$4^{2} + 3^{2} = c^{2}$

16 + 9 = $c^{2}$

25 = $c^{2}$

What is the square root of 25? 5.

The length of the hypotenuse is 5 inches.