Answer:
13
Step-by-step explanation:
I am amusing you are looking for the hypotenuse since this is middle school.
If you have the legs and are looking for the hypotenuse you use the Pythagorean Theorem [tex]a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}[/tex]
The legs are a and b, and the hypotenuse is c
The work would look like this
[tex]13^{2} + 5^{2} = c^{2} \\169+25= c^{2} \\194= c^{2} \\\sqrt{194} = \sqrt{c^{2} } \\13.9283883... = c[/tex]
extra notes
- I rounded to 13
- If you didn;t know you cancles exponents with roots
so the [tex]c^{2}[/tex] is cancled by aka [tex]\sqrt{c}[/tex]
Hope this helped :)
