In a right triangle, the longest side ... the one opposite the right angle ... is the hypotenuse. The other two sides are called "legs".
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∙ 15y agoThe hypotenuse will always be longer than the other sides.
It is the largest side
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A right triangle, by definition, has a right (or 90o) angle. The side that is opposite that right angle is the hypotenuse. That is to say, the other two sides, which are not the hypotenuse, are the two sides which meet at a right angle.
No. Given a triangle with only the right angle and the hypotenuse, you cannot calculate the other sides nor the other angles.
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Well, there are 3 sides, and if you are given the length of 2 of the 3 sides, you can calculate the other one. The longest side of the triangle is called the "Hypotenuse" and to calculate the hypotenuse you take the lengths of the other sides, square each of them, then add. Take the square root of the answer and that is the length of the hypotenuse. Now if you have the length of the hypotenuse and either of the other two sides, take the length of the hypotenuse and the length of the other known side, square each of them, add them, then the square root of the sum will equal the remaining side.
The hypotenuse will always be longer than the other sides.
The length of the hypotenuse is a²+b ²=c ² assuming that a and b are the other 2 sides.
It is the largest side
The length of the hypotenuse is equal to the root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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. In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is always opposite the right angle.
yes because the sides are called "legs" and the longer side is called "hypotenuse"
There is a famous theorem that you use to solve this problem, namely the Pythagorean theorem which says that the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the opposite sides. (The hypotenuse is the longest side; the other sides are commonly called legs.) If you know the hypotenuse and one leg you can find the other leg by simple algebra. Just subtract the square of the leg you know from the square of the hypotenuse and take the square root of this difference. Bingo! You have your answer.
The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the length of the hypotenuse times itself. This is also equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides in a right triangle.