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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the length of in the right triangle below? A. 4 B. 28 C. square 96 D. 20 E. 96 F. 400

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (austinl):

The length of the hypotenuse?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the length of line BC my bad

OpenStudy (austinl):

That is the hypotenuse. |dw:1367265594238:dw| \[a^2 + b^2 = c^2\]

OpenStudy (austinl):

That help?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its gonna be 12^2 + 16^2 = c^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its bgonna be 144 + 256 = c^2

OpenStudy (austinl):

Yes, so \[c^2 = 400\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but it saids that 400 is not right

OpenStudy (austinl):

that is c^2 not c what is the square root of 400?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

20

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