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Find the third side of a right triangle if a=3 and c=5

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Answer:

Explanation:

first a^2 plus b^2 equals c^2

so a is 3 and c is 5. so 3^2 is 9 and 5^2 is 25 and b is unknown so you subtract a from c. 25-9=16 so the square root of 16 is the answer which is 4.

so b=4. hope its correct

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