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if one leg of a right triangle is 12 and the other leg is 16, what is the length of the hypotenuse in this right triangle?

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Answer:

20

Explanation:

Since I am given two values of the triangle, I will input the equation a²+b²=c².

"c" represents the hypotenuse. First I plug in the values of the legs, 12²+16²=c². Next I simplify these values to 144+256=c², which is 400=c². Finally I take the square root from both the value and the variable: √400=√c² which is equivalent to 20=c. Therefore, the hypotenuse is 20. Hopefully this helps :)

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