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When you post Python code here, it is important to format it properly for display purposes. Note that the indentation of the code in your initial post and some of the operators that are part it are not properly displayed. To format Python code, copy it and paste it between two lines of backticks, which are sometimes referred to as fences, as follows:
```
def hypotenuse(a1,b1):
ha = a1**2
hb = b1**2
hsquared = a1**2 + b1**2
result = math.sqrt(hsquared)
return result
```
When your hypotenuse function is formatted with fences as above, it appears as follows on the page that is posted:
def hypotenuse(a1,b1):
ha = a1**2
hb = b1**2
hsquared = a1**2 + b1**2
result = math.sqrt(hsquared)
return result
You would, of course, place the entirety of the code you are posting between fences.
@rob42 mentioned the math module that you will need to import in order for the following statement within your code to execute properly:
result = math.sqrt(hsquared)
For that statement to execute as you have written it, place this at the beginning of your code:
import math