Question

Find the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle pictured below. Give your answer accurate to at least 2 decimal places. 8. 7 hypotenuse =

Answer 1

We can use the Pythagoras Theorem:

$\begin{gathered} 8^2+7^2=hypotenusa^2 \\ \text{hypotenusa}=\sqrt[\square]{8^2+7^2}=\sqrt[]{64+49}=\sqrt[]{113}\approx10.63 \end{gathered}$

The hypotenuse is 10.63