SOLUTION: 1. Refer to the triangle below. If side a = 4 and side b = 6. a. Find the exact length of c. (No decimals!) b. Find the exact length of c in simplified radica

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Question 583733: 1. Refer to the triangle below. If side a = 4 and side b = 6.

a. Find the exact length of c. (No decimals!)

b. Find the exact length of c in simplified radical form. (Use those perfect squares!)

c. Find c to the nearest hundredth.

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Use Pythagoras. The exact answer is , once the arithmetic is done. To get the simplified radical, factor the radicand (the number under the radical) into a perfect square number times another number, then take the square root of the perfect square outside and leave the other number by itself on the inside. To get the decimal approximation, enter the radicand into your calculator and press the square root key. Round appropriately.

John

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