SOLUTION: Would you please help me to answer this: 1.Refer to the right triangle. If a = 3 and b = 3. a.Find the exact length of c (Hypotenuse). b.Find the exact length of c in simplified

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Question 738640: Would you please help me to answer this:
1.Refer to the right triangle. If a = 3 and b = 3.
a.Find the exact length of c (Hypotenuse).
b.Find the exact length of c in simplified radical form.
c.Find c to the nearest hundredth.
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Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2


c=sqrt%28a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2%29+=+sqrt+%289%2B9%29+=+sqrt%2818%29 Exact Length


Simplified radical form is sqrt%282%2A9%29+=+3%2Asqrt%282%29


Nearest hundredth is sqrt%2818%29 = 4.2426... = 4.24

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