By the Pythagorean theorem we have
"a^2+b^2=c^2" (1)
in the right triangle "ABC" (see the picture below). Here is "a" and "b" are legs and "c" is the hypotenuse. From (1) it follows that
"c^2=3^2+4^2=25,"
"c=5."
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