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How do you find hypotnuse?
In a right triangle it is the side that does not participate to the right angleThe correct way of writing it is hypotenuse
Where is Pythagoras therom used?
this therom is used when u need to find a measurement of a side of a triangle. A, B, or C A= base B=base C= Hypotnuse HOPE I HELPED
Explain in the pythagorean theorem must be a right triangle?
yes it only apllies to the right triangle and "c" is the hypotnuse of the triangles
Can you find both sides of a triangle if only the hypotenuse is given?
No. The hypotenuse is the side of a right triangle that is not adjacent to the right angle. The Pythagorean theorem says that a2+b2=h2 where h is the length of the hypotenuse and a and b are the lengths of the other sides. Let's say the hypotnuse is 3, then a2+b2=9 a and b could be the 1 and the square root of 8 or the square root of 2 and the square root of 7 or the square root of 3 and the square root of 6. In fact, there are an infinite number of combinations of lengths that a and b could be.
A square table has a diagonal of 8 feet What is the lenght of each side?
Once you split a square down the diagonal you now have 2 right triangles. Use Pythagorean's theorem to figure the side length.a² + b² = c²Since this is a square, a = b, so you can subtitute x for both sides2x² = 8² (remember c is the hypotnuse, or the longest leg of a right triangle)2x² = 64x² = 32x = √32x ≈ 5.657 feet or 4√2 leaving your answer as a radical
