The lengths of two legs of a right triangle are 5 and 12. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Geometry Right Triangles and Trig Pythagorean Theorem 1 Answer Özgür Özer Dec 27, 2015 #13# Explanation: #13# Because #5, 12, 13# is a special right triangle. Answer link Related questions A gymnast performs a tumbling run along the diagonal of a square mat with sides that are 35 feet... Given a right triangle ABC with right angle at C, if a is 4 and c is 8, what is b? Why can the Pythagorean Theorem only be used with Right Triangles? In what year was the Pythagorean Theorem developed? How can the Pythagorean Theorem be proved using a mean proportional in a 2-column format? Who developed the Pythagorean Theorem? What is the difference between the Pythagorean Theorem and Pythagorean Triples? Given right triangle ABC, with right angle at C, if b = 8 and c = 17, using the Pythagorean... Using the Pythagorean Theorem, is a triangle with sides abc a right triangle? #a=12, b=9, c=15# In a right triangle where c is the hypotenuse, a = 13, b = 18, what is c? See all questions in Pythagorean Theorem Impact of this question 6601 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License