Question

The legs of a right triangle are 9 cm and 40 cm long. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

a) 41 cm
b) 45 cm
c) 49 cm
d) 50 cm

Answer 1

find ?

Answer 2

\[a ^{2}+b ^{2}=c ^{2}\]

Answer 3

(hypotenuse)^2 = (base)^2 + (perpendicular)^2
put values of base and perpendicular and solve it...

Answer 4

@kmullis6 got it..??

Answer 5

I've got everything up to the 4th step. You might do it differently though....

Answer 6

@kmullis6 got it now...??

Answer 7

Oh ok thank you i got it (:

Answer 8

no problem... :)