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Given the right triangle below, what is the length of the hypotenuse

Given the right triangle below, what is the length of the hypotenuse-example-1
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Answer:

5 sqrt(10) = c

Explanation:

Since this is a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

9^2 + 13^2 = c^2

81 + 169 = c^2

250 = c^2

Take the square root of each side

sqrt(250) = c

sqrt(25) sqrt(10) = c

5 sqrt(10) = c

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