SOLUTION: If a right triangle has legs of length 1 and x, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
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Question 127368: If a right triangle has legs of length 1 and x, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pythagoras says that if a right triangle has legs a and b, then the hypotenuse, c, is of length
So, for your problem, a = 1 and b = x, so just plug in the values:
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