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Why is the hypotenuse always longer than the legs?

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Answer:

its about the degrees.

Explanation:

In a right triangle, the sum of the interior angles will always be 180°. Since a right angle is half that (90°), it has to be the biggest angle in the triangle and the side across from it will always be the longest.

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