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What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if each of the two legs is 4 units?

square 8 units
4 units
square 32 units
8 units​

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Answer:

√32

Explanation:

The hypotenuse can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. It tells you the square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the legs.

h² = 4² +4²

h² = 16 +16 = 32

h = √32

The length of the hypotenuse is square root of 32 units.

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