You will need
- Basic knowledge of geometry.
Instruction
1
The squared length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. That is, to find the square of the length of the hypotenuse you need to square the lengths of the legs and fold.
2
The length of the hypotenuse is equal to the square root of the square of its length. To find its length, extract the square root of the number equal to the sum of the squares of the legs. The resulting number will be the length of the hypotenuse.
Note
The length of the hypotenuse is a positive value, therefore, when extracting the root, radical expression must be greater than zero.
Useful advice
In an isosceles right triangle the length of the hypotenuse can be calculated by multiplying the leg to the root of the two.
