What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs have lengths of 5 and 12?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-07T18:44:06

The length of the hypotenuse is 13 units.

Pythagorean Theorem:

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

#5^2 + 12^2 = c^2#

#25 + 144 = c^2#

#169 = c^2#

#sqrt(169)# = c

c = 13