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The length of the hypotenuse in the figure is.


A
13
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5
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12
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Solution

The correct option is B 5
Triangle ABC is a right angle triangle, right angled at B, so AC is the hypotenuse.
Therefore using distance formula,
AC2=(51)2+(14)2
= 16 + 9
AC2=25
AC=5

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