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If the legs of a right angle are 9 and 17, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
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If the legs of a right angle are 9 and 17, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
leg1 = 9
leg2 = 17
let hypotenuse be H
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PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
LEG1^2+LEG2^2 = HYPOTENUSE^2
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9^2+17^2= H^2
81+289=H^2
H^2= 370
H= 19.2 units
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