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In the below figure, ABC is a right angled triangle and the lengths AB = 12, BC = 5, What would be the length of AC?(a) 13(b) 12(c) 5(d) 169The question was asked during an online interview.This intriguing question comes from Pythagorean Triplet topic in portion Squares and Square Roots of Mathematics – Class 8

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Right option is (a) 13

For explanation: Here the GIVEN triangle is a right angled triangle, we can USE Pythagoras THEOREM. Theorem will help us find the length of side AC.

Using Pythagoras Theorem we get,

12^2+5^2= AC^2,

AC=13.



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