How do you find the length of their hypotenuses given sides 3 and 4?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-09T10:22:00

$c=5$

Using Pythagoras theorem, $a^2+b^2=c^2$ where $c$ is the longest side

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Therefore, to find the length of the hypotenuse,

$c^2=3^2+4^2$

$c^2=25$

$c=+-5$

Since C is the length,

$c=5$