document.write( "Question 307914: The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is centimeters and the length of one side is centimeters. What is the exact length of the third side? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #220211 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Use the Pythagorean thereoem since it's a right triangle.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%5E2%2BB%5E2=H%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%5E2=H%5E2-B%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=sqrt%28H%5E2-B%5E2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "where you know the length of one leg $\"B\"$ and the hypotenuse $\"H\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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