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Question 612386: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 25 and a leg of length 20. What is the length of the right leg? If necessary, round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 612336: how far east of frankfort is atlanta round all answers to one decimal place

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Question 612626: one leg of a right triangle measures three inches less than the other leg. find the length of both legs if the hypotenuse is 4 inches long
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Question 613364: Darlene built a small triangular patio on the back of her house.
The length of each of the equal and perpendicular sides of the patio is represented by the letter x. The longest side of the patio is 16 feet. What is the approximate measure , in feet, of x?
The answer is 11.3. I feel I need to use the pythagorian to solve, but I am comming up with x^2+x^2=256, and get lost there. help?
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Question 525782: The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3feet from a wall the ladder is 12feet long how far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall
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Question 613521: The ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the SHORTER leg in a right trianle is 8:5. The hypotenuse measures 144 meters. Find the length og the LONGER leg.
the problems
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Question 613780: Please help me solve and explain to me how to solve this equation: 8^2 + x^2 = (x+4)^2
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Question 614520: tiangle 10 foot tall and 20 foot across the bottom

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Question 616133: If you are flying a kite 225 feet away from a group of 70 foot trees, how much line would it take to get to the top of the trees? Take into consideration that you hold the kite 4 feet from the ground. Draw a diagram of the situation to help set up the problem.
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Question 615793: The Pythagorean Theorem shows the relationship between the sides of a right triangle and the hypotenuse. The formula for the Pythagorean Theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where a and b are the sides and c is the hypotenuse. (See the drawing found on the sheet in the instructions.)
A. Write a polynomial expression for c^2.
B. Simplify the polynomial expression. Show all work.
Help me Please?
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Question 616684: the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 75 units. one side is 27 units. find length of the other leg
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Question 616684: the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 75 units. one side is 27 units. find length of the other leg
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Question 617257: How do you solve Pythagorean Theorem if one leg is missing?
( specifically, you have the hypotenuse, and leg A)
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Question 618112: Find the length of side c in abc to the nearest tenth if b =15 c =65 and a =19
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Question 618738: For the right triangle shown, the lengths of two sides are given. Find the third side. Leave your answers in simplified, radical form.
(Angle) ---> https://media.glynlyon.com/a_matgeo_2011/5/groupi73.gif
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Question 618749: Dillon's dad built a small baseball diamond in the field behind their house. The diamond formed by the four bases is a square rotated . This means that each base line meets the next to form a angle. The length of each base line is feet. How far would Dillon need to throw the ball to get it from first base to third base? Round your answer to the nearest foot.
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Question 619034: which of the following could be the ratio between the lengths of the two legs of a 30-60-90 triangle?
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Question 618891: h traveled 55 miles per hour and L traveled 70 miles per hour how far apart our they if you use the pythagorean therorem
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Question 619109: show that (m^2-n^2, 2mn, m^2+n^2) is a phythagoream triple
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Question 619429: thank you for your assitance-- i have had a llittle trouble in firguring out these type pythagoreum problems-- i am in my math book from school--i am older soon returning to school- so again thank you for saving me time from sitting here all day, literally trying to guess!! (charuethornhill@att.net) thank you again.
ok it says: there are two vertical poles of length 6 feet and 8feet stand 10 feet apart. a cable reaches from the top of one pole to some point on the ground between the poles and then to the top of the other pole. where should this point be located use 18 feet cable, the answers are 1.2 feet or 7.5 feet, i am aware of the P thereom thing, but still cannot figure out what going to produce 1,2 or 7.,5 thanks.
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Question 621160: Find the length of the shorter side of a right triagle if the longer leg is 24 meters, and the hypotenuse is 6 more than twice the shorter leg.

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Question 622747: the pythagorean triple 5 12 13 represents the lengths of the sides of a right triangle find the lenght of hte altitude to the hypotenuse
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Question 622767: I need to find all three sides of a right triangle (use the pythagorean therum to make a quadratic equation then solve)
Side A-X
Side B-X+1
Side C-X+2
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Question 623344: a ladder 13 ft long is placed 5 ft from the foot of a tree. Up to what height does the ladder reach the tree
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Question 623441: x2 + (2x + 6)2 = (2x + 9)2 The example given me to showed 36 when binomials were plugged into the Pyth Theorem. Where did it come from?

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Question 624764: What is a conditonal statement and how do you solve them? explain...
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Question 625019: find the length of the largest stick that can be placed inside a rectangle with sides 42 inch and 440 inch.
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Question 626031: what is the measure of angle A if c= 9 and b=12
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Question 627163: Which of the following sets could be the sides of a right triangle?
{2,3,/10}
{3,5,/34}
{5,8,12}

i dont know
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Question 628361: Given an isosceles right triangle with sides length 5 cm, solve for the hypotenuse
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Question 632390: paulsantoro1.vs@gmail.com. if the long side of my triangle is 123 inches what are the lengths of my two short sides
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Question 632454: A ball is projected off of a 400-ft tall building at a velocity of 45 ft/sec. The function
f(x)= -16x^2+45x+400
(where x is the number of seconds elapsed) models the height of the ball after the toss. The maximum height that the ball reaches is 431.6 ft.
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Question 632678: Given a right triangle, use the Pythagorean theorem to find "a" (one of the legs) when c = 40 and b = 20. Use a calculator and round your answer to the nearest tenth
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Question 633925: What is the length of a diagonal of a square with a side length of sqrt (2)?
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Question 634518: a ladder 4m leans against to wall. If the foot of ladder is 2m to the foot it the wall, how high the wall is ?
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Question 634721: The length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle is 5. Find the perimeter.
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Question 634723: A boat in the calm seas travels in a straight line and ends the trip 22 km west and 53 km north of its original position. To the nearest tenth of a degree, find the direction of the trip.
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Question 635121: The numbers 3,4, and 5 are called Pythagorean triples since 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2. The numbers 5, 12, and 13 are also Pythagorean triples since 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2. Can you find any other Pythagorean triples? I also need a brief report on the subject.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Delores
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Question 635117: I need help. I do not understand any of this.
I need to build or generate at least five more Pythagorean Triples using one of the many formulas available. After building your triples, verify each of them in the Pythagorean Theorem equation. The assignment must include (a) all math work required to answer the problems as well as (b) introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
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Question 635211: If the measures of two angles of a triangle are 1/2 degrees and 1/2 degrees, then what is the measure of the third angle?
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Question 635440: In a right triangle, find the length of the side not given b=2, c=√33
The length of the third side is
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Question 636003: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 4cm less than twice as long as one of the other side. If the third side is 16 cm long, find the length of the hypotenuse.
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