SOLUTION: HOW DO YOU FIND THE MISSING LENGTH GIVEN THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE AND THE LENGTH OF A DIAGONAL

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Question 288545: HOW DO YOU FIND THE MISSING LENGTH GIVEN THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE AND THE LENGTH OF A DIAGONAL
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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You would apply Pythagorean theorem.
a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2
where
c is the length of the diagonal
a and b are the other two sides (doesn't matter which one you call a or b)
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You would plug in the values you know and solve for the missing side.