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Mathematics knowledge · Difficulty 2

Try this ASVAB-style question.

Choose your answer before opening the explanation. This original practice item is for preparation and does not reproduce an official test question.

Question

A right triangle has legs 12 and 16. What is the hypotenuse?

  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 17
  4. 25
Reveal answer and explanation

20

This is a scaled 3-4-5 right triangle, so the hypotenuse is 5 × 4 = 20.