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document.write( "how do you figure out how to find the length of leg a when you know leg b and the hypotenuse c.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Like millions of other people, we use the Pythagorean theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28c%5E2+-+b%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28c%5E2+-+b%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On Pythagorean theorem see the lessons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Pythagorean-theorem/The-Pythagorean-Theorem.lesson>The Pythagorean Theorem</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Pythagorean-theorem/More-proofs-of-the-Pythagorean-Theorem.lesson>More proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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