document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=726436>Question 726436</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance for helping me out with this math problem. I am glad there is someone out there who enjoys helping students on their assignments.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is as followed-\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each year in an ancient land, a large river overflowed its banks, often destroying boundary markers. The royal surveyors used a rope with knots at 12 equal intervals to help reconstruct boundaries. Explain how a surveyor could use this rope to form a right angle. (Hint: Use the Pythagorean triple 3,4, and 5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you once again....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I understand you would want to know what I think of this problem so far. I think one of the lengths of one ray of the angle is 3 and the other is 4. If it were a triangle the hypotenuse would be 5. However, once I read my answer it doesn't make sense... I know 3 times 4 equals 12? I don't know... Please help. Thank you so much </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #444584 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=444584\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pythagoras theorem states that side1^2+side^2=hypotenuse^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3^2+4^2=5^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9+16=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25=25 </SPAN>\n" );
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