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Consider the following right triangle with right angle, P, where PQ=4 units and PR=5 units.

Right triangle PQR with right angle P. The sides are labeled as follows: PQ=4 and PR=5.

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What is the length of the hypotenuse of △PQR?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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help please i got 6 and it says close but i cant figure it out.

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you will have to use Pythagoras

hyp^2 = 4^2 + 5^2 = 41
hyp = √41 = 6.403... , round this to the nearest tenth.
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