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[ujiok]

In right triangle medians on vertexes on acute angles are 4 and 7 cm. What is lenght of hypotenuse?

 

[tkhunny]

What's a median? Did you include this information in your drawing?

 

[Dr.Peterson]

In right triangle medians on vertexes on acute angles are 4 and 7 cm. What is lenght of hypotenuse?

Here's a drawing for you:



One approach you might take is to apply the Pythagorean theorem to the triangles with hypotenuse 4 and 7, to find a and b. I'm sure there are other ways, too.