SOLUTION: How does the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle relate to the lengths of the legs?
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Question 531534: How does the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle relate to the lengths of the legs?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just like the Pythagorean Theorem says it does. Let
and
represent the measures of the legs of the triangle and let
represent the measure of the hypotenuse.
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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