What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the two other sides are of lengths 3 and 10?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-28T12:02:09

#Hypotn##use=sqrt109#

Use the pythagoras theorem:

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#a^2+b^2=c^2#

#a=3,b=10#

Let Hypotenuse be #x#

#rarr3^2+10^2=x^2#

#rarr9+100=x^2#

#rarrx^2=109#

#rarrx=sqrt109#