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The area of a right-angléd triangle is

24 m². The base is 8 cm. Find the length
of its hypotenuse in cm.​

User Amin Adel
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Answer:

10cm

Explanation:

Right angle triangle area= ab/2

GO IN REVERSE

24 x2= 48

48/8=6

now you have the 2 side you need to use Pythagoras

6^2+8^2=100

square root of 100=10cm

so the hypotenuse is 10 cm

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