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Question 915553: A unit square has a side length of 1 unit. Find the
length of the diagonal of a unit square with a side
length of 1 inch. Write your answer as a square root
and to the nearest hundredth
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Question 916715: leg A 15
Leg B x
Hypotenuse 4x
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Question 916998: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is
10inches
long. The shorter leg is
2inches
shorter than the longer leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Question 916999: Calculate the length of one of the sides of a right angled triangle using the Pythagorean theorem. What is the length of side B of the triangle in which side A=6cm and side C=10cm ?
C squared= A squared + B squared
I keep trying numbers but can't get any to add up equally without being a decimal & having to use every number after it.
Help please?
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Question 917108: Which has the greater effect on the surface area of a right circular cylinder - doubling the radius or doubling the height?
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Question 918645: (y+5)^2 + b^2 = 3y^2
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Question 918990: The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are given. Find the length of the third side. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

legs: 18 in. and 17 in.
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Question 919190: The diameter of a circle extends from (-100,3) to (20,3). If the area of this circle is the same as the square , what is a side length of that square ?
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Question 919708: (a)/(a-b)+(a)/(b-a)
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Question 919713: 1+ 1/
1+ 1/
1+ 1/
1+1/x
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Question 920037: If A=75, B= 80, and b=22 then find a
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Question 920208: How would you find the hypotenuse when 1 of the legs is 8 ft long and the other leg is 15ft long? How would you figure the answer?
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Question 920691: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 8 meters. The hypotenuse is 2meters longer than the longer leg. Find the
length of the longer leg
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Question 921745: If anyone is there.....can you tell me what to do when they only give you the hypotenuse and one of the legs lenght?
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Question 921845: So I received this question, and have no clue how to answer it:
2 legs of a right triangle are in the ratio 5:6. The hypotenuse is 2 radical 61 meters long. If the longer of the two legs is doubled and the shorter remains the same, what is the length of the new hypotenuse. I don't even really want an answer, but just steps in the right direction. Thanks
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Question 923028: A baseball diamond is in the shape of a square, 90 feet on the side. What is the direct distance from home to second base

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Question 923705: Hi I was asking about do Pythagorean Theorem have angles to be involved in with it. I am a little confused with that because I thought it was like a protractor.
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Question 924011: using pythagorean theorem find c if b=x and a=x?
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Question 924079: the distance diagonally across a square sandpit is 1.82 meters long . find the length of the sides of the sandpit

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Question 924082: a box has a rectangular base of 30cm by 25cm iron rods are to be placed in the box
a)calculate the biggest sized rod that could be laid down in the box
b)Only one rod is to be placed in the box. Calculate the longest rod
possible that can be placed in the box.

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Question 924586: A unit square has a side length of 1 unit. Find the length of the diagonal of a unit square with a side length of 1 inch. Write your answer as a square root and to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 924674: a right triangle has hypotenuse c=8 inches and leg b=5 inches find the exact length of the missing side
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Question 925018: if the square root of a right triangle's hypotenuse is 10 and one of the legs is 28. What is the length of the last leg of the right triangle?

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Question 925215: if X squared + Y squared = Z squared, and the ratio of x to y = 4:3, and z=40 what are the values of x & y in a right triangle ?
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Question 925432: The hypotenuse of a right triangle has length 12.One leg has length 6.what is the length of the other leg?express your answer in simplest radical form
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Question 925842: using pythagorean theorm whats tge distance between R(-2,3),S(3,15)
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Question 926236: Please help me to solve this equation using the Pythagorean theorem. Here is the question: Find the distance between two points. If an answer contains a radical, give an exact answer and an approximation to the nearest Hundredth:
(-2, -5) and (6,-6)
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Question 926537: I need help with answering this question, "In triangle XYZ, the measure of angle x equals 70, and the measure of angle y equals 40, and YZ equals 10. What is XZ rounded to the nearest tenth? Fank you
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Question 926752: describe two different ways you could use a graphing calculator to verify the identity (sin^2x)(cscx)(secx)=tanx
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Question 927321: if a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 12 cm and one leg that measures 9 cm, what is the length of the other leg?

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Question 930222: I've already solved the problem it's just that I don't understand how that Is the answer.
The question was
A right triangle has sides of 8ft. And 12 ft.. Find the hypotenuse.
Which I did
8^2+12^2=c^2
64+144=c^2
square root 208= square root c^2
14.4ft. = c
But I don't get how it ended up as 14.4ft.
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Question 931182: Please help,
A rectangle with diagnols 20cm has sides in the ratio 2:1. Find the: a) Perimeter b) Area
Thank you :)
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Question 931714: In shop class, you make a table. The sides of the table measure 36" and 18". If the diagonal of the table measures 43", is the table rectangular?
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Question 933482: Your science class is trying to design high-flying kites. You use 40 ft of string to fly the kite. Your friend stands under the kite and is 30 ft away from you. How high is your kite flying?
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Question 933478: You have a 20-ft cord on your electric guitar from your speaker in the corner of your garage. If the garage is 17 ft wide and 12 ft long, can the cord reach the opposite corner? Explain please.
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Question 933474: A baseball diamond is a square with 90 feet on each side. How far is it between home plate and second base?
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Question 933446: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 41. All of its sides add up to 49. Find the length of the legs of the right triangle.
I made these two equations based on the problem: a + b + 41 = 49, a^2 + b^2 = 41^2
I tried to solve for both a and b on the first equation. I was left with a = 8-b and b = 8-a. I substituted those into the Pythagorean theorem equation and got (8-b)^2 + (8-a)^2 = 1681. I extended the equation and got 64-16b+b^2 + 64-16a+a^2 = 1681. I reduced it to 128-16b+b^2+16a+a^2 = 1681 by adding the coefficients. I then subtracted 128 on both sides and got -16b+b^2+16a+a^2 = 1553. That's where I was stuck. I wasn't sure what to do. What is the correct approach to solve this problem?
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Question 933531: Find the lengths of the three sides of the right triangle if the two legs measure x feet, (x+14) feet, respectively, and the hypotenuse measure (x+16) feet.
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Question 933586: One leg of a right triangle is 5 cm and the hypotenuse measures 5 square root of 2 cm. Find the length of the other leg

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Question 933616: For the right triangle shown, the lengths of two sides are given. Find the third side. Leave your answer in simplified, radical form. a = 5, b = 10, c =
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Question 934382: The base-path of a baseball diamond form a square. If it is 90 ft from home to first, how far does the catcher have to throw to catch someone stealing second base? plz helppppp
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Question 934734: Suppose a player hits a ball from point A at an angle of 45 degrees on a pool table that measure 9� by 4.5� as shown. How many times will the ball hit a side of the table before going into a pocket? If a player hits the ball at the same angle but the table measures 9� by 6�, how many times will it hit a side? (Hint: Try making a scale drawing.)
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Question 934900: Can someone help me please?
Find the value of x. Express your answer in simplest radical form.
Heres the picture of the angle at this link : http://prntscr.com/5jembj
thank you!!
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