if you know what the hypotenuse is, how do you find the length of the other 2 sides?

Answer 1

WElll..Genreally you need more information to be entirely accurate..Like if you knew you were dealing with an isoceles right triangle you could say

C^2=2a^2
C^2/x=a^2

Then take the square root of both sides.

Hope this helps =)

Answer 2

All you can say is the sum of the squares of the other two sides is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. There is an infinite number of values the other two sides of the triangle could have as long as each side is smller than the hypotenuse and as long as the sum of the two sides is larger than the hypotenuse.

Answer 3

The term hypotenuse refers to the longest side of a right triangle. From Greek hypo- + teinein (to stretch).

Pythagoras was a Greek and he told us if c is the length of the hypotenuse and a and b are the lengths of the other two sides then.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

You need to be given additional info such as an angle or the length of one side to make such calculations.

Answer 4

You can't. You do know that c^2=a^2+b^2 by the Pythagorean theorem and you know a+b>c by the triangle inequality but there are an infinite number of possible values for a and b.

Answer 5

You could also figure it out using the angle of one side and sine and cosine of the angle. The third angle is, of course, the supplement of the sum of the other two.