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how do you find the hypotenuse

 Apr 28, 2015

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Identify the legs and the hypotenuse of the triangle. You know that the triangle is a right triangle since the ground and the raised portion of the porch are perpendicular—this means you can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this problem. Identify a, b, and c. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of c.

 Apr 28, 2015
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If it's a right triangle, use pythagreom therom. If not, use sin cos or tan...sin= opposite of angle/hypotenuse...cos=adjacent of angle/hypotenuse...tan=opposite of angle/adjacent of angle.

 Apr 28, 2015
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so, say you have a right triangle. if you take the 90 degree box, and draw a linecoming out of the corner, the arrow leads to the hypoteuse

 Apr 28, 2015
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Identify the legs and the hypotenuse of the triangle. You know that the triangle is a right triangle since the ground and the raised portion of the porch are perpendicular—this means you can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this problem. Identify a, b, and c. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of c.

shaniab29544 Apr 28, 2015

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