document.write( "Question 288545: HOW DO YOU FIND THE MISSING LENGTH GIVEN THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE AND THE LENGTH OF A DIAGONAL \n" ); document.write( "
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You would apply Pythagorean theorem.
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\n" ); document.write( "a and b are the other two sides (doesn't matter which one you call a or b)
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\n" ); document.write( "You would plug in the values you know and solve for the missing side.
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