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Find the length of the third side of each triable 39 80

Find the length of the third side of each triable 39 80-example-1
User Diogo Sgrillo
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The Pythagorean theorem states:


c^2=a^2+b^2

where a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Substituting with a = 80 and b = 39, we get:


\begin{gathered} c^2=80^2+39^2 \\ c^2=6400+1521 \\ c^2=7921 \\ c=\sqrt[]{7921} \\ c=89 \end{gathered}

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