Hypotenuse:
Vocabulary:
Finding the leg:
100

The legs for the right triangle are 3 and 4, what would the hypotenuse be?

5

100

What is the hypotenuse?

a2+b2=c2

100

What formula do you use to find the leg?

c2-b2=a

200

The legs for the right triangle are 6 and 8, what would the hypotenuse be?

10

200

What are the legs?

The sides of the right triangle that form the right angle.

300

The legs for the right triangle are 12 and 16, what is the hypotenuse?

20

300

What is the hypotenuse?

The side length across from the right angle.

400

The legs given are 10 and 11, what would the hypotenuse be, rounded to the nearest tenth?

14.8

400

What two exponents are you multiplying in order to get the hypotenuse?

a2+b2

500

The legs are 12 and 6, what would the hypotenuse be, rounded to the nearest tenth?

13.4

500

What kind of triangle should you use when using the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

Right triangle.

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