document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=73858>Question 73858</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559534591/algebrahomeworkh>Discovering Geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find the lenght of the diagonal? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #52834 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=52834\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If we have a right triangle, (a triangle with a right angle) we can use Pythagoreans theorem:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where a and b are the legs of the triangle and c is the hypotenuse (the diagonal). So if a triangle has legs of 3 and 4 we plug them into Pythagoreans theorem<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\huge 3^2+4^2=c^2\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\huge 9+16=c^2\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\huge 25=c^2\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\huge \sqrt{25}=\sqrt{c^2}\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\huge c=5\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if I have legs of 3 and 4, I will have a diagonal of 5. </SPAN>\n" );
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