SOLUTION: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg lengths of 10 inches to the nearest tenth?
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Question 1019020: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg lengths of 10 inches to the nearest tenth?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
By Pythagoras theorem:
Hypotenuse^2 = 10^2 + 10^2
Hypotenuse^2 = 100 + 100
Hypotenuse^2 = 200
Hypotenuse = √200
Hypotenuse = 14.1 inches.
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