To the nearest tenth of a centimeter, what is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg lengths of 5 cm and 6 cm?
h^2 = 5^2 + 6^2 = 61
h = √61
= .....
A right triangle has legs of 15 centimeters and 22 centimeters.
What is the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?
Calculate the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest tenth of cetemetre
To find the length of the hypotenuse, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two other sides.
In this case, we have leg lengths of 5 cm and 6 cm.
First, we square the lengths of the legs: 5^2 = 25 and 6^2 = 36.
Then, we add these squared values together: 25 + 36 = 61.
Next, we take the square root of 61 to find the length of the hypotenuse: √61 = 7.8102...
To the nearest tenth of a centimeter, the length of the hypotenuse is approximately 7.8 cm.