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4 September, 01:45

Two sides of a right triangle measure 10 m and 8 m. Explain why this is not enough information to be sure of the length of the third side. Give two possible values for the length of the third side.

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  1. 4 September, 02:15
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    We don't know which one is the hypotenuse. So if we were to plug it into the Pythagorean theorem, we wouldn't know where to put it. Two possible answers:

    8 squared (copy pasting the symbol here is an inconvenience) + b squared = 10 squared which is 6m after solving.

    Or you could say 8 squared + 10 squared = c squared. Solving for C would get us 12.8m as our second possibility.
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