What is the hypotenuse of a triangle with a a side of 8 and a side of 5 what is the degrees?

Answer 1

-- Since you mentioned "hypotenuse", we know you must be talking about

a right triangle.

-- Since you're asking for the length of the hypotenuse, we know that the '8'

and the '5' must be the lengths of the legs.

hypotenuse squared = 8 squared + 5 squared

h squared = 64 + 25

h squared= 89

h = sqrt(89) = 9.434 (rounded)

Angles:

-- Since the triangle is a right triangle, one of its angles is 90 degrees,

and the other two angles add up to 90 degrees.

-- Cosine of one acute angle = 8/sqrt(89). Cosine of the other one = 5/sqrt(89)

-- The acute angles are 57.995 degrees and 32.005 degrees. (rounded)

square root of 89= 9.434 degrees