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Use the image to answer the question. Given is a right triangle with side lengths a, b, and c. The Pythagorean triple (9,12,15) represents the side lengths of the given right triangle. Which of the following is the correct value of a? (1 point) Responses a=12 a equals 12 a=9 a equals 9 a=81 a equals 81 a=15

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Depending on the locations of the points, it might be different, but I would assume a = 9, just going by (a, b, c).

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