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Addyson made a Grilled Cheese Sandwich and cut it in half. After she cut it in half the diagonal cut was 5 inches. It was 4 inches tall. How wide was it to begin with?
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Addyson made a Grilled Cheese Sandwich and cut it in half. After she cut it in half the diagonal cut was 5 inches. It was 4 inches tall. How wide was it to begin with?

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5^2 - 4^2 = 9. Square root 9 is 3. It was 3 inches wide at the start!
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