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what is hypotnese

In a right triangle, hypotenuse is the side opposite to the right angle. It is the longest side of the triangle.

Here, ∠ABC = 90° and AC is the hypotenuse.

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Ingeometry, ahypotenuseis the longest side of aright-angled triangle, the side opposite of theright angle. The length of the hypotenuse of aright trianglecan be found using thePythagorean theorem, which states that thesquareof the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. For example, if one of the other sides has a breadth of 3metres (when squared, 9m²) and the other has a length of 4m (when squared, 16m²), then their squares add up to 25m². The length of the hypotenuse is thesquare rootof this, or 5m.

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