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Learning Diagnostic Analytics Recommendations 2 Skill plans Language arts Eighth grade > R.3 Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg or hypotenuse lengt A 72 mm 54 mm What is the length of the hypotenuse? C= millimeters Submit

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The Pythagorean theorem consists of a formula a^2+b^2=c^2 which is used to figure out the value of (mostly) the hypotenuse in a right triangle.


\begin{gathered} c=\sqrt[]{a^2+b^2} \\ c=\sqrt[]{54^2+72^2} \\ c=\sqrt[]{8100} \\ c=90 \end{gathered}

The answer would be c = 90

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