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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 8 inches and a leg of 2 inches.

C=sqrt(68)

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Alicia was putting tiles in her bathroom. If the legs are 2in. and 7in. What is the hypotenuse?

C = sqrt(53)

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 12in. and with a leg of 5in.

c=13 inches

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 9ft. and with a leg of 5ft.

C = 10.3 feet

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 12 yards and a leg of 24 yards.

C=sqrt(720)

200

Lucas was scaling triangles. The legs that he found are  12 feet and 8 feet. He got 196 as his answer. Is Lucas correct? Why or why not. 

No: Lucas is incorrect 

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 15ft. and a leg of 20ft.

C = 25 feet

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The length of a missing side of a right triangle with a leg of 3cm and a hypotenuse of 10cm.

B = 9.5cm

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 10cm and a leg of 3cm. 

C=sqrt(109)

300

Alex was trying to tile the roof. In order to do that, he needed to go up there. The ladder could not stand straight. He measured the base and the straight wall. If the base is 6 and the wall is 4, what will the ladder lean at?

c =sqrt(52)

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The length of the missing side of a right triangle with a leg length of 16 yards and a hypotenuse of 20 yards.

B = 12 yards

300

The length of the missing side of a right triangle with a leg length of 7ft and a hypotenuse of 12ft.



B = 9.7ft

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 6 inches and a leg of 8 inches.

C=10

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Lexi was making snowflakes. In order to make one, she needs to fold the paper into a right triangle . if the hypotenuse is sqrt of 130, what are the legs?

a=7 and b=9

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The length of the missing side of a right triangle with a leg length of 9cm. and a hypotenuse of 15cm.

B = 12

400

The length of the missing side of a right triangle with a leg length of 25 meters and with a hypotenuse of 40 meters. 

B = 31.2 meters

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 5cm and a leg of 12cm.

C=13

500

Jacob was cutting wood. Jacob was making a triangle shaped bridge out of wood. If both legs are 14 whats the hypotenuse?

c=sqrt of 392

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle with a leg of 8in. and with a leg of 6in. 

C = 10 inches

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The leg length of the missing side of a right triangle with a leg length of 5in. and a hypotenuse of 10in.

B = 8.7 inches.