Question

a=5 b=12 c=?

Answer 1

Hint: it's a right triangle and you have 2 of the sides. Now you just need the hypotenuse.

Answer 2

I like showing people how to do things. That's why I'm on here. :-)

Here is the pythagorean theorom: The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the sides.

That means that c= sqrt(a^2+b^2)

PS: The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Well, I can't tell you where you went wrong until you tell me... :-)

Answer 5

Let's start here. Give me 2 numbers:

a^2 = what?
b^2 = what?

Answer 6

5*5 is 25, so you got that one right.

But what is 12*12? (we're doing multiplication here, not addition)