If one leg of a right triangle is 16 inches and the other is 12 inches what is the hypoteneus of that triangle?
The Pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2, so the problem is 256+144=400. The square root of 400 is 20, so the hypotenuse is 20.
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