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If two side of a right angle triangle is 25cm and 15cm what is the length of the unknown side
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If two side of a right angle triangle is 25cm and 15cm what is the length of the unknown side
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2021-08-18T12:57:16+00:00
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Answer:
29.2 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
The two leg lengths are 15 and 25 cm and we are to find the length of the hypotenuse. The Pythagorean Theorem applies here because this is a right triangle.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2 becomes 15^2 + 25^2 = 225 + 625 = 850
The hypotenuse length is thus √850 ≈ 29.2 cm