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User Utrucceh
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle

x² + 5² = 13²

x² + 25 = 169 ( subtract 25 from both sides )

x² = 144 ( take the square root of both sides )

x =
√(144) = 12 → A

User Vic Goldfeld
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Answer:

Using Pythagoras theorem we can find the missing length.

5^2 + 13^2

25 + 169 = 194

√194 = 13.9283882772 = around 13

User Manish Srivastava
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