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Question 40

Fill in the blanks to make the statements true.

The sides of a right-angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 17 cm are ___ and ___.

Answer 1

8, 15
As hypotenuse of right angled triangle is 17 cm.
${17}^2=a^2+b^2$ [by Pythagoras theorem]
where, a and b are other sides of right angled triangle.
$=8^2+{15}^2$ $[\because {17}^2=8^2+{15}^2]$
Hence, a = 8 and b = 15.