SOLUTION: If a right triangle has legs of length 1 and x, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

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Question 127368: If a right triangle has legs of length 1 and x, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
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Pythagoras says that if a right triangle has legs a and b, then the hypotenuse, c, is of length c=sqrt%28a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29

So, for your problem, a = 1 and b = x, so just plug in the values:

c=sqrt%281%5E2%2Bx%5E2%29
c=sqrt%281%2Bx%5E2%29