SOLUTION: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of lengths 6 and 8.

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Question 371256: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of lengths 6 and 8.
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one leg = 6
other leg = 8
so 6^2+8^2= hyp^2
36+64 = Hyp^2
100= Hyp^2
take the square root
hypotenuse = 10

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