SOLUTION: fine the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 5 and 12. if necessary, round your answer to two decimal places

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Question 319769: fine the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 5 and 12. if necessary, round your answer to two decimal places
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
legs of 5 and 12
hyp^2= 5^2+12^2
hyp^2=25+144
hyp^2=169
take the square root of the equation
hyp= 13

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