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How do you find the missing length of a triangle using Pythagoras?
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∙ 13y ago
The length of side A squared plus the length of side B sqaured equals the missing side of the triangle squared. So i.e. if side A is 4 and side B is 3 then 4x4 which is 16 plus 3x3 which is 9 equals 25 and the square root of 25 equals 5. So in conclusion the missing side equals 5.
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∙ 13y ago
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2 squared+ b squared= 4 squared
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