SOLUTION: The legs of a right triangle have lengths of 12 inches and 17 inches what is the length of its hypotenuse to the nearest tenth of an inch?
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Question 875976: The legs of a right triangle have lengths of 12 inches and 17 inches what is the length of its hypotenuse to the nearest tenth of an inch?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
hyp = sqrt(144 + 289) = sqrt(433) = 20.8in (nearest tenth)
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