document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1079842>Question 1079842</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If I have a triangle and one side is 30 feet and the other side is 45 feet what is the length of the 3rd side.?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The same question put another way is if I have a rectangle that is 30 feet by 46 feet how long would the diagonal line be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Those two questions are NOT, on any planet in the known universe, the same question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Had you stated that you had a RIGHT triangle and one LEG was 30 feet and the other LEG was 45 feet, then and only then would the two questions have been the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the second question is the only one that has a specific answer, I will provide the method to obtain that answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Pythagorean Theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ c\ =\sqrt{a^2\ +\ b^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> are the measures of the sides of your rectangle and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large c\"> is the measure of the desired diagonal (or the hypotenuse of what you should have called a right triangle in your initial question).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just plug in the numbers and do the arithmetic.  If you leave your answer in reduced radical form, then you have an exact answer.  However, if you take an approximation with a calculator, you must round your answer to the nearest foot because the least precise given measurement is to the nearest foot.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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