Question

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The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 8 inches and 9 inches. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the nearest inch. Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

Right triangle, Pythagorean Theorem:

c² = a² + b²

a=8, b=9

c² = 8² + 9²  = 64 + 81 = 145

c = √145 inches

That's the exact answer but they want us to ruin it with an approximation.

c ≈ 12.041594578792296 inches

Answer: 12