1985 AIME Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

When a right triangle is rotated about one leg, the volume of the cone produced is $800\pi \text{cm}^3$. When the triangle is rotation about the other leg, the volume of the cone produced is $1920\pi \text{cm}^3$. What is the length (in cm) of the hypotenuse of the triangle?

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