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GEOMETRY special right triangles

Around the perimeter of the building, lucia finds small alcoves at regular intervals carved into the stone. The alcoves are triangular in shape with a horizontal base and two sloped equal length sides that meet at a right angle. each of the sloped sides measures 14 1/4 inches. lucia has also found several stone tablets inscribed with characters the stone tablets measure 22 1/8 inches long. lucia hypothesizes that the alcoves once help the stone tablets. tell whether lucia's hypothesis may be correct. explain