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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 35 cm long, and the length of the short sides is 23 cm. Find the length of the other side.
10 years ago

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Lucina
I'm pretty sure you meant math, not physics. Anyways, to solve this problem use the Pythagorean Theorem.

a^2+b^2=c^2
c^2-b^2=a^2
35^2-23^2= a^2
1225-529= 694

The answer is the square root of 694.
10 years ago

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