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\(a^2=b^2+c^2\)

\(a^2=17^2+8.5^2\)

You'll have to use whatever method you prefer for multiplication without calculator. I like to use this method.

\(a^2=289+72.25\)

\(a^2=361.25\)

\(a=\sqrt{361.25}\)

This is an answer for root form. To convert it to decimal, we can do some trial and error.

\(20^2=400\)

\(19^2=361\)

That's probably the closest we're going to get, so we give the decimal answer as:

\(a\approx19\)

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Apr 7, 2016

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