Hello,
If you have noticed they are all right angles, which means you can use Pythagorean theorm.
1. a^2 = 40^2 + 9^2
= a^2 + 1600 + 81
= 1681
a^2 = 1681
sovle for "a"
a = 41
hope this helps.
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