document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=422365>Question 422365</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a right triangle find the length of the side not given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b=1 and c= SQRT 5 and a= ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not good with these type of problems at all so have no work to show what so ever. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 1 and c = &#8730;5 and a = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am not good with these type of problems at all so have no work to show what so ever.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- the sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 1, c = &#8730;5, a = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + (1)^2 = (&#8730;5)^2 {substituted into the pythagorean theorem}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + 1 = 5 {squared 1 and squared &#8730;5}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 = 4 {subtracted 1 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2 {took the square root of both sides, accepting only positive &#8730;4, since it is a measurement)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 2<BR>\n" );
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