SOLUTION: what is the length of this triangel wich has the hypotenuse √5 and the other length is 1 ?
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Question 429154: what is the length of this triangel wich has the hypotenuse √5 and the other length is 1 ?
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Pythagorean Theorem:
Which works fine if you know a and b, but if you know c and a and want to find b like in your problem, you have to rearrange things.
And then
Remember that c is the hypotenuse.
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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