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Recap: The Hypotenuse

Part of the Triangles section of Coddy's Geometry journey. Lesson 34 of 71.

Challenge

A right triangle has legs 9 and 12.

$A right triangle with legs 12 and 9 and unknown hypotenuse c$

Find its hypotenuse c.

Try it yourself

c = sqrt(9^2 + 12^2)

Solve for c

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