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What is the length of the hypotnuse in a right triangle with sides lengths of 8 and 15

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Answer:

Hypotenuse = 17

Explanation:

if: a = 8, b = 15 c = hypotenuse:


c=\sqrt{a^(2)+b^(2) }


c = \sqrt{(8)^(2) +(15)^(2) } =√(64+225)=√(289) =17

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