How do you find the hypotenuse in a right triangle?

Answer 1

The formula to finding the hypotenuse of a right triangle is not that difficult actually.

The formula is as followes:

A2 + B2 = C2

It is actuallt easier than it sounds.

*Remember, the hypotenuse it the segmant of the triangle that is across from the right angle*

Say the angles of the triangle are: 4, 5,and C (C= Hypotenuse you want to find)

So, the two legs are A and B (it doesn't matter what order) and the hypotenuse is C

A= 4, B= 5, C= What we want to find out.

So plug them in:

42 + 52 = C2

42 is 4 * 4 which is 16

52 is 5 * 5 which is 25

C2 is what we are finding out

16 + 25 = C2

Add them now

16 + 25 = 412

So now you have to "unsquare" C2 (41)

Which is: 6.40312424 (etc.) You can round to the nearest tenth of hundreth.

So: 42 + 52 = 6.402

There you go!