In a right-angled triangle calculate the length of the hypotenuse when the side lengths at 5cm and 7cm. Leave your answer as a surd.

Using pythagoras’ theorem:a^2 + b^2 = c^2
hypotenuse = sqrt(5^2 + 7^2) = sqrt(25+49) = sqrt(74)

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