How would you find the length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle when A=5, B=?, and C=6?

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The program gave me this answer. :


1) FIND A SIDE OF A TRIANGLE


2) FIND THE HYPOTENUSE


3) CLASSIFY THE TRIANGLE


ENTER YOUR SELECTION: 1








PLEASE ENTER THE SIZE OF A TRIANGLE SIDE AND THE HYPOTENUSE.


USE THE FORMAT SIDE,HYPOTENUSE: 5,6








ANSWER: 3.316625





SHOWING THE WORK:


5 ^2 + B^2 = 6 ^2


B^2 = 11


B = SQRT 11


B = 3.316625

How would you find the length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle when A=5, B=?, and C=6?
A^2 + B^2 = C^2





so then (5)^2 + B^2 = (6)^2


which is 25 + B^2 = 36


and then B^2 = 11


and therefore B = the square root of 11


it is pythagoreum therom(probably not spelled right). it is easy once you remember the formula, then again everything would be easy if we could remember the formula! and i have no clue how answer #2 got the square root of 61, it just doesn't make sense!





hope this helps!
Reply:This is a tricky question b/c some people are assuming that B is the hypotenuse and others are just assuming that you have to look for B. Usually in math books, C represents the hypotenuse (hence the reference to the Pythagorean theorem A squared + B squared = C squared) so the answer to your question depends on what A, B, and C represent. If C is the hypotenuse (longest side of a right triangle), then the hypotenuse is 6, no calculation needed.
Reply:(hypotenuse)2 = (side)2 + (side)2 { Pythogorus theorm}





(B)2 = (5)2 + (6)2


= 25 + 36


= 61


therefore B = square root of 61
Reply:if I remember correctly, i think it goes something like A^2+B^2=C^2





a=5


b=?


c=6





5^2+B^2=6^2


B^2=36-25


B^2=11


B=square root of 11





(i guess the symbol for squareroot isn't on keypad..lol)
Reply:D(L,W)= ^ (L^ 2 + W^2) =


5,6 (5^2 + 6^2 )


hypotenuse = 7.8102496759





Note this ^ means squared
Reply:A squared plus B squared equals C squared...A squared is 5 times 5 or 25 so A=25 and you don't know B squared


C squared is 6 times 6 or 36 so C=36 so


25+ b squared = 36


36-25=11


the square root of eleven is 3.31662479 or rounded to 3.32
Reply:=11
Reply:yes, but the question says the length of the hypotenuse, implying that b is the hypotenuse, not c. a, b, and c are arbitrary. you can call any side of the triangle c. so if he's truly looking for the hypotenuse, then using his variables, a^2 + c^2 = b^2. and b would be the square root of 61.
Reply:the eqn is A squared plus B squared equals C squared...so its (5x5) plus (?x?) equals (6x6)....so 25 plus ?x? equals 36.....so therefore ?x? equals 36 minus 25, which is 11. which means ? (or b) is 3.32