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    What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 and 12?

    Qual é o comprimento da hipotenusa de um triângulo retângulo com catetos 5 e 12?

    A right-angled triangle drawn to scale. One leg of length 12 lies along the bottom and one of length 5 rises at the right, meeting it at the right angle. The hypotenuse joins their far ends and is marked with a question mark.125?

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    Solution

    c=52+122=25+144=169=13c = \sqrt{5^{2} + 12^{2}} = \sqrt{25+144} = \sqrt{169} = 13