document.write( "Question 1086004: Triangle with two smaller sides being 3 tenths of a inch and 4tenth of a inch is coming out to be 25/100 how is this possible should be longest side 5 tenths of ainch \n" ); document.write( "

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Your question should be more clearly stated.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I assume you mean a \"Right triangle\" and you are looking for the hypotenuse. If so, then you simply need to take the square root of 25/100.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If h is the hypotenuse and a, b are the other two sides:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+h%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+h+=+sqrt%28a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2%29+\"$
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