SOLUTION: A right triangle has one leg of length 8 and another leg of length 9. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle?

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Question 832139: A right triangle has one leg of length 8 and another leg of length 9. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8^2+9^2=c^2
64+81=c^2
c^2=145
c=sqrt 145
c=12.04

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