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Find the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle. Explain how you can interpret the Pythagorean Theorem using the areas of squares. (photo attached)

Find the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle. Explain how you can interpret-example-1
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The length of the hypotenuse is 39. In the step by step explanation I included the Pythagorean Theorem formula and how it converted to the equation here to solve the problem.

Explanation:

a² + b² = c²

15² + 36² = 1,521

√1,521 = 39

39 = c

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