The length(in centimeters) of the side PR of the right triangle is 60 centimeters.
What is the length of the side PR of the right triangle?
Given:
- A right triangle PQR is shown with the right angle at Q.
- The length of the side PQ is labeled as 36 cm
- The length of the side QR is labeled as 48 cm.
Find:
- The length of the side PR of the right triangle.
Solution:
To find the length of the right triangle, we know that we always use the Pythagoras theorem.
So, as Q is having the right angle that means its opposite side is the hypotenuse.
Therefore, the opposite side is the PR because it does not contains Q.
So, the formula for finding the length using Pythagoras theorem is as follows:
[tex](PR)^{2} =(PQ)^{2}+(QR)^{2}[/tex]
[tex](PR)^{2}=(36)^{2} +(48)^{2}[/tex]
[tex](PR)^{2}=1296+2304[/tex]
[tex]PR=\sqrt{3600}[/tex]
PR=60
Hence, the length(in centimeters) of the side PR of the right triangle is 60 centimeters.
Therefore, option C is the correct answer.
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