If a right triangle has one side of 7 and another side of 8, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

Kaycee Roche

Kaycee Roche

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2021-02-25

If a right triangle has one side of 7 and another side of 8, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

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Skilled2021-02-26Added 95 answers

By the Pythagorean Theorem, the sum of the squares of the legs aa and bb is equal to the square of the hypotenuse cc in a right triangle. Hence, we can write:
72+82=c2
49+64=c2
113=c2
c=11310.6

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