SOLUTION: A right triangle has legs of lengths 10 and 24. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the nearest tenths.
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: A right triangle has legs of lengths 10 and 24. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the nearest tenths.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If is the hypotenuse, and and are the legs of the triangle, . Just substitute the values and do the arithmetic. Remember to round to the nearest tenth as instructed.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let h = length of the hypothenuse
then
10^2 + 24^2 = h^2
100 + 576 = h^2
676 = h^2
26 = h
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