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How can one hypotenuse can two different lengths?

- A right triangle contains a 25 degree angle.

- If one leg is 5 inches, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

- There are two answers. How is this possible?

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    there are ttwo answers bcoz it depends on the leg u take. if u take the leg opp to tthe angle as 25 then put sin25 = 5/ hyp and find it. if u put hte side adjacent to the 25 degree as the leg then cos 25 = 5 / hypotenuse. the value of cos 25 and sin 25 are diff so u will hav diff values

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