Question

In a right triangle, a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. If a=2 feet and b=1 foot, what is c? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

c=
feet

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

c = √(a^2 + b^2)

c = √(2^2 + 1^2)

c = √(4 + 1)

c = √5

c ≈ 2.24 feet

Therefore, c is approximately 2.2 feet.