SOLUTION: a rectangular piece of aluminum sheet measures 12 inches by 9 inches
QUESTION: if the sheet is cut into 2 right triangle. find the longest side of triangle?
if it is cut into
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Question 963823: a rectangular piece of aluminum sheet measures 12 inches by 9 inches
QUESTION: if the sheet is cut into 2 right triangle. find the longest side of triangle?
if it is cut into smaller rectangle that measures 6 by 3 how many of small rectangles the can be cut out of that 12 by 9 rectangular piece of aluminum sheet?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The right triangle has two sides, usually one shorter than the other, and the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is the longest side. Let's call one side a and the other b, and the hypotenuse h
Pythagoras:
is the length of the hypotenuse, which you problem calls "the longest side".
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