document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=551114>Question 551114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a 3-D setting:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given 1 leg and the Hypotenuse, calculate the missing leg. HOW TO DO!?!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #359402 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=359402\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a and b be the legs of a triangle and c be the hypotenuse.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The pythagorean theorem then says that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now say that b is the missing leg, this would then mean that solving for b would give us <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=sqrt%28c%5E2-a%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=sqrt%28c%5E2-a%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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