document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=83563>Question 83563</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the length of the missing side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "pythagorean theoren \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "left side 5, top c, and bottom 12 show work\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what is ^ ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #60088 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=60088\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ^ symbol is the exponent symbol. So when it says x^2 it means x to the 2nd power like this\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we have a triangle with an unknown hypotenuse, we can solve for the hypotenuse using Pythagoreans theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagoreans theorem:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%5E2%2B12%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%5E2%2B12%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Let a=5,b=12, and lets solve for c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25%2B144=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25%2B144=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Square each term\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=169=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"169=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28169%29=sqrt%28c%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28169%29=sqrt%28c%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > take the square root of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So our answer is \r<BR>\n" );
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