document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=441306>Question 441306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the missing side of right triangle if a=12 and b=18. Round to the answer to nearest tenth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+y^2=z^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "assuming that z is the missing side is the hypotenuse we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z=21.63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but if 18 is the hypotnenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the missing side is 13.42 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 can't be the hypotenuse because the hypotenuse is the longest side<BR>\n" );
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