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Opposite & Adjacent Sides in a Right Angled Triangle

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The sides of a right angled triangle are 5 cm and 12 cm, find the hypotenuse.

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Solution

ΔABC is a right triangle with AB = 5 cm and BC = 12 cm.

Using Pythagoras theorem, we have:

Hence, the length of the hypotenuse is 13 cm.

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