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How does a length of a hypotenuse in a right angle compared to the length of legs?

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In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the square of one leg plus the square of the other leg.

In math terms, where c is the hypotenuse and a and b are the legs:

a^(2) + b^(2) = c^(2)

This is called the Pythagorean Theorem.



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