Use Pythagoras to find the hypotenuse when the sides are 5 cm and 12 cm.

Finding the hypotenuse

Find the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle with sides 5 cm and 12 cm
a = 5 cmb = 12 cmc = ?

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