SOLUTION: how do you find the other two sides of a triangle if you only have the hypotenuse?

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Question 413852: how do you find the other two sides of a triangle if you only have the hypotenuse?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can't. We have a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2 for some constant c, and all such ordered pairs (a,b) lie on a circle of radius c (i.e. infinitely many pairs). Assuming the coordinates are positive, the ordered pairs would lie on the first quadrant, or one fourth of the circle.