The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 15 cm and 36 cm.

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

A.
21 centimeters

B.
39 centimeters

C.
51 centimeters

D.
57 centimeters

Question

The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 15 cm and 36 cm.
 
What is the length of the hypotenuse?
 
 A.
21 centimeters
 
 B.
39 centimeters
 
 C.
51 centimeters
 
 D.
57 centimeters

anonymous · Answer

Are you familiar with the Pythagorean theorem, which says
a^2 + b^2 = c^2 where c is the hypotenuse and a and be are the legs?

anonymous · Answer

Not really

anonymous · Answer

That's pretty important. You will definitely need to understand that to know what's going on in future math and other science courses.
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Now, get out your calculator