The base of a prism is a right-angled triangle with the two shorter sides 4cm and 8cm. The hypotenuse of the triangle is 10cm long. The height of the prism is 2cm. Draw a sketch of the right triangle with the correct measurements indicated on it.

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The base of a prism is a right-angled triangle with the two shorter sides 4cm and 8cm. The hypotenuse of the triangle is 10cm long. The height of the prism is 2cm. Draw a sketch of the right triangle with the correct measurements indicated on it.

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Answer 1

oobleck answered
2 years ago

A right triangle cannot have legs of 4 and 8, and a hypotenuse of 10.

I'll assume you meant 6-8-10, which is just the familiar 3-4-5 triangle doubled in size.

And in any case, you can't post drawings here.
Do an online search for triangular prisms for many useful illustrations.

Answer 2

Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

To draw a sketch of the right triangle mentioned in the problem, follow these steps:

1. Start by drawing a straight line segment as the base of the triangle. Label the endpoints as A and B.
2. At point A, draw a perpendicular line segment upwards. Mark the length of this segment as 4cm.
3. At point B, draw a perpendicular line segment as well, but longer than the segment at point A. Mark the length of this segment as 8cm.
4. To complete the triangle, draw a line segment connecting the endpoints of the two perpendicular segments (from points A to B).
5. Finally, label the hypotenuse, which connects point A to point B, with a length of 10cm.

After completing these steps, you should have a sketch of a right triangle with the correct measurements indicated on it.

Answer 3

Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

Here is a sketch of the right-angled triangle with the correct measurements indicated on it:

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4cm 8cm
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In the sketch, the two shorter sides of the triangle are labeled as 4cm and 8cm respectively, and the hypotenuse is labeled as 10cm.