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One of the legs of a right triangle measures 7 cm and the other leg measures 3 cm.

Find the measure of the hypotenuse. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

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Answer:

about 7.6

Explanation:

I got the measure of the hypotenuse to be about 7.6 because I did the Pythagorean theorem.

a^2+b^2=c^2

The value of a is the first leg (7cm), and the value of b is the second leg (3cm).

So, 7^2+3^2=58. Next, I found the square root of 58. The square root of 58 is 7.615773106. This value rounded to the nearest tenth is 7.6.

In conclusion, the measure of the hypotenuse rounded to the nearest tenth is about 7.6.

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