Question

True-False: If a right triangle has legs of length 8 and 15, then we know the length of the hypotenuse is the square root of 82 + 152, which equals 17.

Answer 1

u can try calculating it yourself and see if it is correct

Pythagorean Theorem

a^2 +b^2 = c^2

Answer 2

well the answer 17 is right but it is not 82+152 8^2 is 64 + 15^2 is 225 that equals 289
take the square root of that it equals 17 the square root of 225 is 15

Answer 3

\[(leg _{1})^{2} + (leg _{2})^{^{2}} = (Hypotenuse)\]

Answer 4

This is Pythagorean Theorem. It is applicable only to Right Triangles. The legs are the ones that make the right angle and the hypotenuse is the third side.