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Question 658742: one side of a triangle has a length of three units. another side of the triangle has a length of four units. the two sides meet at a right angle. How many units long is the thrid side? Answer by colliefan(242) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since it is a right triangle, you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length. That theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where a and b are the lengths of the legs of the right triangle and c is the length of the hypotenuse.
Substituting in the values that you are given:
c=5
5 is the length of the hypotenuse.
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