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I need help with my math

User Dustin Gamester
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Given

a = 10 in

c = 26 in

b = ?

Procedure

Pythagorean theorem, the well-known geometric theorem that the sum of the squares on the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square on the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle)—or, in familiar algebraic notation, a2 + b2 = c2.


\begin{gathered} b=\sqrt[]{c^2-a^2} \\ b=\sqrt[]{26^2-10^2} \\ b=\sqrt[]{676-100} \\ b=\sqrt[]{576} \\ b=24 \end{gathered}

The answer would be b = 24.

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