What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle below?

A.25 square of 2
B. 10 square of 2
C. 5 square of 2
D. 1
E. 5
F. 10

Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle below?



 A.25 square of 2	
 		B.	10 square of 2
 		C.	5 square of 2
 		D.	1
 		E.	5
 		F.	10

anonymous · Answer

I don't see a triangle

donka74 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

donka74, refer back to the Pythagorean Theorem that says that $$a ^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}$$

anonymous · Answer

a and b being the sides, and c being the hypotenuse.

donka74 · Answer

you square them then u add them together? i kinda forgot

anonymous · Answer

Yes then you take the square root of your new number

anonymous · Answer

$$\sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}} = c$$      this is actually what you have to do.

anonymous · Answer

That's the more clear formula, and thanks for the medal

donka74 · Answer

just add A and B & square root them right?

anonymous · Answer

Yes

donka74 · Answer

ok i understand thanks

anonymous · Answer

np