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Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 8 and 6.

A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12

User Brownmike
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Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 8 and 6.

B) 10


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User Sergey Miryanov
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Using the Pythagorean Theorem:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

we have:

8^2 + 6^2 = C^2

64 + 36 = C^2

100 = c^2

c = SQRT(100)

C = 10


The hypotenuse is 10. The answer is B.

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