Question

In a right triangle, a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. If a=5 millimeters and b=3 millimeters, what is c? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

c=
millimeters

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

c = √(a^2 + b^2)

c = √(5^2 + 3^2)
c = √(25 + 9)
c = √34
c ≈ 5.8 millimeters

Therefore, the length of the hypotenuse c is approximately 5.8 millimeters.