SOLUTION: HOW DO YOU FIND THE MISSING LENGTH GIVEN THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE AND THE LENGTH OF A DIAGONAL

Question 288545: HOW DO YOU FIND THE MISSING LENGTH GIVEN THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE AND THE LENGTH OF A DIAGONAL
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You would apply Pythagorean theorem.

where
c is the length of the diagonal
a and b are the other two sides (doesn't matter which one you call a or b)
.
You would plug in the values you know and solve for the missing side.
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