document.write( "Question 378926: For the right triangle shown, the lengths of two sides are given. Find the third side. Leave your answer in simplified, radical form.\r
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document.write( "right triangle, b=9, c=16 
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document.write( "APPLYING THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO SOLVE FOR a
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document.write( "\"a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2\"
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document.write( "\"a%5E2+%2B+9%5E2+=+16%5E2\"
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document.write( "\"a%5E2+=+16%5E2+-+9%5E2\"
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document.write( "\"a%5E2+=+256+-+81\"
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document.write( "\"a%5E2+=+175\"
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document.write( "a = ±\"sqrt%28175%29\"  Note: Negative solution cannot be used for length
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document.write( "a = \"sqrt%28175%29\"
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document.write( "a = \"sqrt%2825%2A7%29\"
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document.write( "a = \"5%2Asqrt%287%29\", in simplified, radical form \n" );
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