SOLUTION: Find the length of a in the right triangle, if b=12 and c=13. what does a equal?

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Question 318888: Find the length of a in the right triangle, if b=12 and c=13. what does a equal?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If is one of the legs, then




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If is the hypotenuse,





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