document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=557594>Question 557594</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> right triangles ABC has legs of lengths 4 ft and 7 ft. what is the length of the triangle's hypotenuse? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #362675 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=neatmath><B>neatmath(302)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=neatmath><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=neatmath><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=362675\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br><font face=\"Tahoma\">We can go directly to the Pythagorean Theorem on this one:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where a and b are the legs of the triangle, and c is the hyptotenuse of the triangle.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given legs of 4 ft and 7 ft, we have:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we are talking about distances, we can ignore the negative solution.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, our anwer is:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the hypotenuse is exactly <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2865%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2865%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft long.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is approximately 8.06 ft, which makes sense given our triangle.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps!  :)<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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