Question

What is the length of the hypotenuse? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

17

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The hypotenuse is 17.

Step-by-step explanation:

a^2+b^2=c^2.

Let's plug in a and b.

15^2 + 8^2 = c^2

Simply.

225+64=c^2

Add.

289=c^2.

Square 289 and c^2 to cancel out the ^2.

17=c

The hypotenuse is 17.

Hope I helped. :)