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Calculate hypotenuse of a right triangle

User Dr Ganjoo
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Basically you need the lengths of the other 2 legs.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, we know that in any right triangle,
hypotenuse^2 = leg1^2 + leg2^2

User Ealeon
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use Pythagoras theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) :) , c^2 being the hypotenuse (be sure to find square root first tho )
User Seberg
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