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Hedin asked May 10, 2022

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One of the legs of a right triangle measures 9 cm and the other leg measures 16 cm.

Find the measure of the hypotenuse. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
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One of the legs of a right triangle measures 9 cm and the other leg measures 16 cm-example-1

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Answer:

18.4 cm

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras rule:

Hypotenuse =

$\sqrt{9 ^(2) + 16 ^(2) }$

= 18.4 cm

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