SOLUTION: If the square root of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 units, what is the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two other sides?

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Question 317438: If the square root of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 units, what is the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two other sides?
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If the square root of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 units, what is the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two other sides?
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If the sq root is 2, then the length is 4.
a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+4%5E2
a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+16