document.write( "Question 388930: the hypotenuse of this triangle is 17 meters. if there are no decimal answers, what would the actual measures of sides a and b have to be? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,         
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document.write( "hypotenuse of this triangle is 17 meters...
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document.write( "what would the actual measures of sides  a and b have to be if a and b were whole numbers
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document.write( "using the Pythagorean Theorem
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document.write( " 17m^2 = a^2 + b^2
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document.write( "IF a = 15m AND b = 8m
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document.write( " 17m^2 = 289m = 225m + 64m \n" );
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