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Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of lengths 5 and 12. If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places
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Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of lengths 5 and 12. If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places

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Let "c" be the hypotenuse

By the Pythagorean theorem:

c² = 5² + 12² = 25 + 144 = 169
с = √169 = 13 units ← answer
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