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?
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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.



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