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A triangle has the lengths of 16 and 4. What must the exact measurement of the hypotenuse be to make it a right triangle? Leave answer as a simplified radical.​

Answer 1

4
`√(17)`

Explanation:

`16^(2)` +
`4^(2)` =
`c^(2)`

256 + 16 =
`c^(2)`

`√(272)` = c

`√(16) √(17) = c`

4
`√(17)` = c