A hypotenuse is the longest side of a right angled triangle. The length of a hypotenuse can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem. This states that in a right angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. This means that to find the length of the hypotenuse, you need to know the lengths of the other two sides.
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The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right angle triangle and its length will depend on the lengths of the other 2 sides of the triangle.
The median to the hypotenuse of a right triangle that is 12 inches in length is 6 inches.
the length of the hypotenuse is 10.63
The length of the hypotenuse is equal to the root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Using Pythagoras' theorem the length of the hypotenuse is 37
32 +82 =9+64=73 So the hypotenuse is of length square root of 73