SOLUTION: if 20miles is one side of a right angle and the other is 1 mile what is the remaining sides length in miles

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Question 656220: if 20miles is one side of a right angle and the other is 1 mile what is the remaining sides length in miles
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use Pythagoras.

So your missing side is either



or



Depending on whether the 20 mile side is the hypotenuse or the long leg of the right triangle.

John

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