The legs of a right-angled triangle are 8cm and 6cm. Determine the hypotenuse.
August 28, 2021 | education
| Let a triangle ABC be given (angle A = 90 °). According to the condition, it is said that AB = 8 cm, and AC = 6 cm.
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Let us find the BC by the Pythagorean theorem.
BC ^ 2 = AB ^ 2 + AC ^ 2
BC = √64 + 36
BC = 10
Answer: The hypotenuse is 10 cm.
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