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What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 5 and 7?

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sankarankalyanam

Apr 10, 2018

$Hypotenuse c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}} = \sqrt{5^{2} + 7^{2}} \approx 8.6$ $color(blue)("Hypotenuse " c = sqrt (a^2 + b^2) = sqrt(5^2 + 7^2) ~~ 8.6$

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According to Pythagoras Theorem,

$Hypotenuse c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}} = \sqrt{5^{2} + 7^{2}} \approx 8.6$ $color(blue)("Hypotenuse " c = sqrt (a^2 + b^2) = sqrt(5^2 + 7^2) ~~ 8.6$

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