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Think About the Process  What is the first step to find the length of the hypotenuse of the right​ triangle? Find the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
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What is the first step to find the length of the hypotenuse of the right​ triangle?
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Substitute the side lengths for a and c in the equation asquaredplusbsquaredequalscsquared.
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Substitute the side lengths for a and b in the equation asquaredplusbsquaredequalscsquared.
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Find the sum of the side lengths. csquared
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Substitute the side lengths for b and c in the equation asquaredplusbsquaredequalscsquared.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The first step is B: substitute the side lengths for a and b in a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

Compute: c^2 = 16^2 + 30^2 = 256 + 900 = 1156, so c = √1156 = 34.