What is this calculator?
Find the hypotenuse from the two shorter sides.
What can you use it for?
Use it when solving an exercise, checking a result, or working with the particular quantities shown in this form. Find the hypotenuse from the two shorter sides.
How to use it
- Enter leg a.
- Enter leg b.
- Select Calculate (or Generate for random tools).
- Read the answer and any additional results below the form. Check the units and the limits of the method.
Formula and method
The formula uses the units and definitions shown above. Each input is substituted before the arithmetic is evaluated; the calculated output is rounded for display.
Worked example
Leg a: 3, Leg b: 4. The result is 5 units (result).
Assumptions and limits
Inputs and outputs must stay within the supported finite number range. Displayed decimal answers may be rounded.
Frequently asked questions
What inputs does the Pythagorean Theorem Calculator need?
Use leg a, leg b. Read the answer and any additional results below the form. Check the units and the limits of the method.
What assumptions apply to the Pythagorean Theorem Calculator?
Inputs and outputs must stay within the supported finite number range. Displayed decimal answers may be rounded.