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Pythagorean theorem to find the side of 16 20

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Answer: 12

Explanation:

Although you have not included which value is the hypotenuse or if they are legs, I will assume the hypotenuse is 20, due to the triangle appearing to be a multiple of the standard 3-4-5 triangle.

The pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2, where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse. Thus, plug in the values to get:


16^2+b^2=20^2


256+b^2=400


b^2=144


b=12

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