document.write( "Question 940498: In the roof design below, the lower support beam, A, is 34 feet. The vertical support beam, B, is 29 feet. The two beams meet at a right angle. What is the length of the angled support beam, C (rounded to the nearest foot)?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "D. 45\r
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\n" ); document.write( " Pythagoream Theorem states that for any right triangle\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2\", where \"a\" and \"b\" are the legs and \"c\" is the hypotenuse
\n" ); document.write( "\"34%5E2+%2B+29%5E2+=+c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1156+%2B+841+=+c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1997+=+c%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c=44.6878059+\"...round it to whole number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c=45+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER is: D. \"45\" feet
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