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Find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with a side of 6 and a side of 8

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Given the information, we have the following:

Using the pythagoeran theorem, we get:


\begin{gathered} c^2=a^2+b^2 \\ \Rightarrow c^2=6^2+8^2=36+64=100 \\ \Rightarrow c^2=100 \\ \Rightarrow c=\sqrt[]{100}=10 \\ c=10 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the hypotenuse is c=10

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