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Danielle is writing an equation to find the length of the third side of the right triangle. Find her mistake and correct it.

Danielle is writing an equation to find the length of the third side of the right-example-1
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She used the sides given as legs, when
one is a hypotenuse; a^2+ 3^2= 4^2.
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