hypotenuse???

Question

How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle??? PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Answer 1

it is depend what do you know about your triangle
if you know the length of both legs you can use this formula
a= hypotenuse
b and c are legs of the triangle

a^2= b^2 + c^ thus a= square root of (b^2+c^2)
and if you don't have both length of legs you need know the measure of one angle (not the Right one) and one leg, and you can use of SIN and Cos :
SIN is opposite leg over hypotenuse and COS= adjacent leg over hypotenuse.

Answer 2

X^2 + Y^2 = R^2

Where x = horizontal side of the right trianble &
y = veritical side of the right triangle.

The hypotenuse is the "sloped" side.

For example. Say x = 3
y = 4

Therefore 3^2 + 4^2 = R^2
9 + 16 = R^2
25 = R^2
Square root of 25 = 5
So the answer for the lenght of the hypontenuse would be 5.

Pythagorean Theorem is the rule applicable to right triangles.

Answer 3

Ambiguity: Do you mean "find the hypotenuse" or "find the length of the hypotenuse"?
The hypotenuse is the side that is opposite to the right (90 degree) angle. It is the only side that does not touch the right angle. It is the longest side.
The length of the hypotenuse is calculated using Pythagoras's theorem "The hypotenuse equals the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides."
If you have the length of only one side then you will need to know at least one other angle and how to do trigonometry.

Answer 4

Just look at the triangle, find the right angle, the line that doesn't touch this angle is the hypotenuse. The two sides that form the right angle are the opposite and the adjacent.
QED

Answer 5

Simply use the Pythagorean Theorem:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

Where c is the length of the hypotenuse and a and b are the lengths of the legs of the triangle.

Answer 6

hypotenuse ^2 = opposite^2 +adjacent^2
hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle.

if and angle and any one side is given we can find hypotenuse using trigonometric ratios.

Answer 7

pythagorean theorem

x^2 + y^2 = r^2

x = length of one side
y = length of another
r = the distance between x and y (the hypotenuse)
note: x and y have to be orthogonal/perpendicular to eachother (a right angle)

Answer 8

Pythagorean theorum states that A^2+B^2=C^2 so if you have two lengths you can find the third.

SOHCAHTOA
This means Sin=Opposite/Hypotenuse
Cos=Adjacent/Hypotenuse
Tan=Opposite/Adjacent.

With this data we know that if we have length of one side and one of the angles that isn't 90degrees we can solve for all the rest.

Answer 9

h = √(a² + b²) where a & b are the 2 legs at right angles to each other.

Answer 10

a squared + b squared = c squared