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What is the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle shown below?

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle shown below?-example-1

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Answer:

c = 101

Explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve

a^2+b^2 =c^2

20^2 + 99^2 = c^2

400 +9801=c^2

10201 = c^2

Take the square root of each side

sqrt(10201) = sqrt(c^2)

101 = c

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