document.write( "Question 176368This question is from textbook algebra structure and method
\n" ); document.write( ": can you please help me find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 5 inches and 10 inches. \n" ); document.write( "
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Remember that for right triangles we have a theorem that relates the three sides, Pythagorean's Theorem. If the two sides are a,b and the hypotenuse is c, we have that
\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "So if we know the two sides are 5 and 10, we have that
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%5E2%2B10%5E2=c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"25%2B100=c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"125=c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c=sqrt%28125%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Notice that 125=25*5, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28125%29=sqrt%2825%2A5%29=sqrt%2825%29sqrt%285%29=5sqrt%285%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "So \"c=5sqrt%285%29\"
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