Concept explainers
To calculate: the length of the hypotenuse.
Answer to Problem 5CR
The length of hypotenuse is
Explanation of Solution
Given Information: The length of legs of a right
Formula used:
The relationship between the legs of right triangle (shown in figure below) a , b and its hypotenuse c is obtained by using Pythagoras theorem.
It can be expressed as,
Calculation: Consider the right triangle given below.
The length of the sides is given as 3 and 6 as shown in the above Figure. So, the length of the hypotenuse can be calculated using the above formula as,
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