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 millimeters and b=9 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 = √(2^2 + 9^2)
c = √(4 + 81)
c = √85
c ≈ 9.2 millimeters

Therefore, c is approximately 9.2 millimeters.