Back when you first studied square roots and how to solve radical equations, you were probably introduced to something called "the pythagorean theorem". this theorem relates the lengths of the three sides of any right triangle. the legs of a right triangle (the two sides of the triangle that meet at the right angle) are customarily labelled as having lengths "a" and "b", and the hypotenuse (the long side of the triangle, opposite the right angle) is labelled as having length "c".

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Opie

10 February, 19:58

Back when you first studied square roots and how to solve radical equations, you were probably introduced to something called "the pythagorean theorem". this theorem relates the lengths of the three sides of any right triangle. the legs of a right triangle (the two sides of the triangle that meet at the right angle) are customarily labelled as having lengths "a" and "b", and the hypotenuse (the long side of the triangle, opposite the right angle) is labelled as having length "c".

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Rodolfo Atkins · Answer 1

All what you have to do is to use the equation of the pythagorean theorem

Example:you have a triangle with sides a, b, andc where c is the hypotenuse

Then c (hypotenuse) = radical a^2+b^2