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a triangle has the hypotenuse of 14. identify the 2 other sides

 Jan 3, 2017

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Well since u only said its a triangle i will think its a right triangle: (otherwise i got no idea)

Since you only have one side given a and b will always variety.

 

To get a fixed size we can use the pythagoras:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a^2 + b^2 = 14^2.     I -a^2

b^2 = 196 - a^2

 

and

 

a^2 = 196 - b^2

 

Example:

U want the size for b when a is 4:

 

b^2 = 196 - 4^2

b = 13.42

 Jan 3, 2017
edited by amnesia  Jan 3, 2017
 #1
avatar+259 
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Best Answer

Well since u only said its a triangle i will think its a right triangle: (otherwise i got no idea)

Since you only have one side given a and b will always variety.

 

To get a fixed size we can use the pythagoras:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a^2 + b^2 = 14^2.     I -a^2

b^2 = 196 - a^2

 

and

 

a^2 = 196 - b^2

 

Example:

U want the size for b when a is 4:

 

b^2 = 196 - 4^2

b = 13.42

amnesia Jan 3, 2017
edited by amnesia  Jan 3, 2017
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The Pythagorean numbers are: 3, 4 and 5

 

The hypotenuse is 14

 

14 divided by 5 is 2.8

 

3 times 2.8 is 8.4
4 times 2.8 is 11.2

 

8,42 + 11,22 = 196

 

70,56 + 125,44 = 196

 

laugh

 Jan 3, 2017
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TOOOOOO many solutions to this problem without more infrmation......assuming it is a Right Triangle, you can just pick ONE side and then compute the other .....infinitely

 

Example: Hypotenuse = 14   let's pick side 'a'   as   3.6  then side 'b'

would be    sqrt(14^2 -3.6^2)  = 13.52

 

or if you pick side 'a' as 8.1  then 'b' would be

sqrt(14^2 -8.1^2) =11.41

etc   etc   etc

 Jan 3, 2017

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