To find the square of the hypotenuse, c, you must know the values of the other two sides (a and b). Square each of the two sides and add them together. This will be the value of the hypotenuse squared.
(a2 + b2) = c2
To find the value of the hypotenuse, determine the square root of both sides of the equation.
√(a2 + b2) = √c2 = c
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The square of the length of the base plus the square of the length of the height will equal the square of the length of the hypotenuse of your right triangle, per Pythagoras. Square the hypotenuse, subtract the square of the height, and then find the positive square root of that and you'll have the base of your right triangle.
The hypotenuse of right triangle of 300Cm and 400Cm is: 500 cm
Only a right triangle has a hypotenuse. An isosceles triangle can be a right triangle but it doesn't have to be. If it's not, then it doesn't have a hypotenuse.
To find the hypotenuse of a non-right triangle, you can use the Law of Cosines. This theorem states that the square of the length of one side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, minus twice the product of those sides and the cosine of the angle between them. By rearranging the formula and plugging in the known side lengths and angles, you can solve for the length of the hypotenuse.
If it is a 45-45-90 triangle, then divide the hypotenuse by the square root of 2. If it is a 30-60-90 triangle, then the shorter leg would be the hypotenuse divided by 2. And the longer leg would be the the shorter leg multiplied by the square root of 3.