document.write( "Question 777208: If you dont have both legs but only 1 leg and 1 hypothenus what do you do \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #473970 by KMST(5328)\"\" \"About 
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As long as you have 2 sides of a right triangle, you can use Pythagoras to find the third side. You can just solve for the square of the side you want to find.
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\n" ); document.write( "EXAMPLE:
\n" ); document.write( " hypotenuse = 5feet, known leg = 3feet, other leg = x feet
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B9=25\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2=25-9\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2=16\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4\"
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