document.write( "Question 1008577: Find the length of the unknown side of the right triangle with legs a and b and hypotenuse c. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "given:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c=13\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "use Pythagorean theorem:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2=c%5E2-a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2=13%5E2-5%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2=169-25\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2=144\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=sqrt%28144%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=12\"\r
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