document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=188306>Question 188306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ok there is a square that has a diagnol through it and the diagnal is x the line makes the square a triangle so then one triangle has sides of 3 and 5 it is asking what does x equal help </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry, but there is something wrong with your problem statement.  Either you have a rectangle rather than a square as you said, or the legs of the triangle are both the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the legs of the triangle are different, I'll presume a rectangle.  Since it is a rectangle, the included angle of the two side lengths given must be a right angle, but definition of a rectangle.  So the triangle must be a right triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just use the Pythagorean Theorem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  a^2\ +\ b^2\ =\ c^2 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ c = sqrt{a^2\ +\ b^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, for this problem <i>c</i> = <i>x</i>, and <i>a</i> and <i>b</i> are 3 and 5, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x = sqrt{3^2\ +\ 5^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use a calculator as well as I can, although if your instructor expects the exact representation of the answer, you need to leave it in radical form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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