A right triangle has two legs that measure 9 cm and 12 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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Right triangle ABC with sides AB = 9 cm, BC = 12 cm, and a right angle at B.


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15 cm
15 cm

225 cm
225 cm

3 cm
3 cm

21 cm

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the Pythagorean theorem: for legs 9 and 12,
AC^2 = AB^2 + BC^2 = 9^2 + 12^2 = 81 + 144 = 225,
so AC = sqrt(225) = 15 cm.

Answer: 15 cm.