document.write( "Question 126357: if A is equal to 5 and B is equal to 2,what is the C equal to? \n" ); document.write( "
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I'm assuming you want to find the hypotenuse right?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we basically have this triangle set up:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since we can see that the triangle has legs of 5 and 2 with a hypotenuse of x, we can use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Pythagoreans theorem:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\" where a and b are the legs of the triangle and c is the hypotenuse\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%5E2%2B2%5E2=x%5E2\" Plug in a=5, b=2, and c=x. Now lets solve for x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2+5+%2B+4+=++x++%5E+2\" Square each individual term\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2+9+=++x++%5E+2\" Combine like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+q+r+t+%28+2+9+%29+=+s+q+r+t+%28++x++%5E+2+%29\" Take the square root of both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5.3851648071345=x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our answer is\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which means \"C=5.3851648071345\"
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