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In a Right Triangle, Hypotenuse Is Longer Than Legs
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Longer Hypotenuse The the following triangle, the hypotenuse, in this case CA, is longer than both CB and BA. Why is this so? As you've probably know, the Pythagorean Theorem is…
By Nina Jiang, Alex Federspiel
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