If I am given 2 sides of a right triangle, how do i find the third side?
firstly let me give sone explanations if the triangle is a right angled triangle then the square of the longest side (hypotenuse,which is opposite to the right angle n that triangle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides if ABC is a triangle and AC is the hypotenuse and AB,BC are the other two sides, then the other side can be found by using the formula AC^2=AB^2+BC^2 this also called as pythogarus formula or theorem nextly if in a triangle ABC there is no right angle and AB,AC and BC are the sides then draw a perpendicular(a striaght line of 90 degrees) D to the base BC, and join it to the vertex A. By this we get the third side by applying the above mentioned pythogarus formula.
In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle). This is usually summarized as follows: The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.[2] If we let c be the length of the hypotenuse and a and b be the lengths of the other two sides, the theorem can be expressed as the equation: a^2 + b^2 = c^2\, or, solved for c: c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}.
