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Question from debbie, a teacher: What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of 38 meters and 24.2 meters? |
Debbie,
The hypotenuse can be obtained using the Pythagorean Theorem:
a2 + b2 = h2
where a and b are the lengths of the perpendicular sides and h is the length of the hypotenuse.
Stephen La Rocque.>
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