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Instructions: Find the missing side of the triangle. tion 24 x 7 2 =

Instructions: Find the missing side of the triangle. tion 24 x 7 2 =-example-1

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We are given a right-angled triangle.

Two of the side lengths are given and the third is missing.

We can us the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing side of the triangle.


c^2=a^2+b^2

Where c is the longest side, a and b are the shorter sides of the triangle.


\begin{gathered} c^2=a^2+b^2 \\ x^2=7^2+24^2 \\ x^2=49^{}+576 \\ x^2=625 \\ x^{}=\sqrt[]{625} \\ x^{}=25 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the missing side of the triangle is 25

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