Hypotenuse is the longest

Geometry Level 3

The lengths of the two shorter legs of a right triangle are 10 cm and 24 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse of this triangle in meters.

0.26 0.26 26 26 0.2 6 2 0.26^2 26 \sqrt{26}

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By pythagorean theorem , we have

h 2 = 1 0 2 + 2 4 2 h^2=10^2+24^2 ⟹ \implies h = 100 + 576 = 26 c m h=\sqrt{100+576}=26~cm ⟹ \implies h = 0.26 m h=0.26~m

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Wonder why this is a level 3 problem!

Ajit Athle - 3 years, 3 months ago

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