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Which expression gives the length of JK in the triangle shown below?

Which expression gives the length of JK in the triangle shown below?-example-1
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Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

a² + b² = c²

24² + 31² = c²

576 + 961 = c²

1537 = c²

√1537 = c

The expression that would result in the following is:
D. √24² + 31²
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