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What is the length, in feet, of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs that are 6 feet long and 7 feet long, respectively?


13
square root of 13


85
square root of 85

13
13

21
21,

42

What is the length, in feet, of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs that-example-1
User Msoa
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Pythagorean Theorem:
6^2 +7^2 =hypotenuse^2
Hypotenuse = sqrt of 6^2 + 7^2
Hypotenuse = sqrt of (36 + 49) = sqrt of 85

So the hypotenuse is square root of 85 (the second option)

I hope this helps :) sry for not using proper symbols I was kinda in a rush
User Sorohan
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