Question

The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 6 and 10. What is the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

11.7 would be your answer!

Answer 2

Answer:

h ≈ 11.7

Step-by-step explanation:

Using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle.

The square on the hypotenuse (h) is equal to the sum of the squares on the other 2 sides, that is

h² = 6² + 10² = 36 + 100 = 136 ( take the square root of both sides )

h = $\sqrt{136}$ ≈ 11.7 ( to the nearest tenth )