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The longest side in a right triangle is 24 cm and the second longest side 20 cm, what is the length of the shortest side

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Answer:


4√(11)

Explanation:

you use the Pythagorean theorem, so the longest side is the hypotenuse and so you do 24^2 minus 20^2 to find the shortest side. you would get 176 and you square root this to get about 13.27

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