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What is the length of the hypotenuse?

What is the length of the hypotenuse?-example-1

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Answer:

55.866 ft

Explanation:

Use Pythagorean Theorem:

a² + b² = c²

(39)² + (40)² = c²

3121 = c²

Square root of both sides

c = 55.866 ft should be the answer.

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