Question

The legs of a right triangle are 5 units and 15 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

200 units
square root 200 units
square root 250 units
250 units

Answer 1

does any one now

Answer 2

know

Answer 3

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

where a and b are the legs, and c is the hypotenuse

therefore, simply plug in a = 5 and b = 15 since these are your legs, and solve for c. since the equation is for c^2 rather than c, you must remember to take the square root at the end.