document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283375>Question 283375</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are the following triangles acute, right, obtuse, or not possible?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  ^1, ^2, ^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.  1/4, 3/4, 3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. 5,7,9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.  0.2, .07, 1.0 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #205748 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=205748\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I recently learned that some students have been led to believe that ^5 means square root of (5).  It does not.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Usually we write sqrt(5) for square root of (5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "^ is used to indicate exponents such as 5^2 means 5 squared <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5^(1/2) means square root of 5 but for a different reason\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if you were trying to say square root then this is one way to write it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. sqrt(1), sqrt(2), sqrt(3)\r<BR>\n" );
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