A right triangle has legs with lengths of 25cm and 37 cm find the length of the hypotenuce

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Broderick

3 August, 06:43

A right triangle has legs with lengths of 25cm and 37 cm find the length of the hypotenuce

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Bruno Strickland · Answer 1

The Pythagorean theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2 where a and b are the legs, and c is the hypotenuse. We know the legs are 25 and 37, so we have 25^2 + 37^2 = c^2

625 + 1369 = c^2

1994 = c^2

Take the square root of both sides to get c

44.65 = c