Respuesta :
We have been given that the legs on a right triangle are 15.25 inches and 14.1 inches. We are asked to find the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
We will use Pythagoras theorem to solve our given problem.
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}^2=\text{Leg}^2+\text{Leg}^2[/tex]
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}^2=15.25^2+14.1^2[/tex]
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}^2=232.5625+198.81[/tex]
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}^2=431.3725[/tex]
Now we will take positive square root on both sides.
[tex]\sqrt{\text{Hypotenuse}^2}=\sqrt{431.3725}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}=20.7695089012715946[/tex]
Upon rounding to nearest hundredth, we will get:
[tex]\text{Hypotenuse}\approx 20.77[/tex]
Therefore, the length of the hypotenuse is approximately 20.77 inches.
