SOLUTION: If the hypothenuse of a right tiangle is known is it possible to determine the lengths of the other two sides?
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Question 15004: If the hypothenuse of a right tiangle is known is it possible to determine the lengths of the other two sides?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
no, it isn't.
All you would be able to give is a relation between the other 2 lengths. You would have to be given more info to find their actual lengths.
Jon
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