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What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle? The two numbers that’s given are 10ft and 24ft. The answer choices are 26ft, 34ft, 68ft, and 74ft. Which is the right answer? Help!!!

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h^2=24^2+10^2

h^2=576+100

h^2=676

h=26

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Answer:

26ft

Explanation:

For a right triangle,we can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve

a^2 +b^2 = c^2 where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse

10^2 +24^2 = c^2

100 +576 = c^2

676 = c^2

Take the square root of each side

sqrt(676) = sqrt(c^2)

26 = c

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