SOLUTION: The length of a side of a right-angled triangle can be found using Pythagoras' theorem: c2 = a2 + b2, where c is the length of the longest side, and a and b are the lengths of the

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Question 826854: The length of a side of a right-angled triangle can be found using Pythagoras' theorem: c2 = a2 + b2, where c is the length of the longest side, and a and b are the lengths of the two shorter sides. Find the value of b in the triangle above.
triangle
a=2root3
c=4

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