document.write( "Question 191349: The Pythagorean Theorem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "C² = A² + B²\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Leg A = 5 Hypotenuse = 11 Leg B = ?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This was an example on a work sheet my teacher gave us for practice.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They filled in the numbers into the formula and simplified the problem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "11² = 5² + B²\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "121 = 25 + B² * minus 25 from both sides.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "96 = B²\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The third step is to take the principal square root.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "√96 = √ B²
\n" ); document.write( "√96 = B
\n" ); document.write( "4√6 = B Add back in original problem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "*I got 9.79 but they gave the answers as 4√6. So my question is how did they get the radical 4√6? My teacher does not want us to give answers in decimal form, but I can’t figure out how they got the radical number.
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√96=√(16*6)=√16*√6=4√6
\n" ); document.write( "Sq(16)is equal to 4, because 4 square is 16
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