document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=366070>Question 366070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hypotenuse is 2.65m in a right angle triangle. Neither leg is given a length but we know that the legs are the same length. How would I solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "legs equal --> leg a = leg b --> a = b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = c = 2.65 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem --> a^2 + b^2 = c^2 --> 2a^2 = c^2, since a = b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a^2 = 2.65^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a^2 = 7.0225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 = 3.51125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b = 1.873833 to 6 places<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b = 1.87 m to 2 places<BR>\n" );
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