SOLUTION: If the legs of a right triangle have measures of 6 and 8 what is the length of the hypotenus in inches

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Question 913306: If the legs of a right triangle have measures of 6 and 8 what is the length of the hypotenus in inches
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pythagorean Theorem
36 + 64 = h^2 (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)
h = 10