SOLUTION: solve using the pythagorem theorem c=? a=10,b=24

Question 274245: solve using the pythagorem theorem c=? a=10,b=24
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c=? a=10,b=24
a^2+b^2=c^2
10^2+24^2=c^2
100+576=c^2
c^2=675
c=sqrt675
c=26 ans.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Presuming that , , and have their traditional meanings, that is that and are the legs of the right triangle and is the hypotenuse:

So for your problem

Now just do the arithmetic. Note that 5-12-13 is a Pythagorean Triple and that 10 is 2 times 5 and 24 is 2 times 12. Therefore if you get an answer for that is different from 26, go back and check your arithmetic.

John

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