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OpenStudy (selena2345):
If the legs of an isosceles right triangle are 10 inches long, approximate the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest whole number .
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OpenStudy (selena2345):
@ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
What did you get?
OpenStudy (selena2345):
i got 0
OpenStudy (selena2345):
@ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (selena2345):
@ShadowLegendX
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OpenStudy (selena2345):
hello @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (selena2345):
where are you ? @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
You would just use the Pythagorean Theorem here
\[10^{2} + 10^{2} = C ^{2}\]
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
We would then get
\[100 + 100 = C^{2}\]
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OpenStudy (selena2345):
is the answer 14.2 ? @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (selena2345):
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@ShadowLegendX
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Ok So
\[C ^{2} = 200\]
Now if we ge the square root of 200, we have our hypotenuse
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
get*
OpenStudy (selena2345):
14.2 is the answer ? @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (selena2345):
right @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
hmm let me try check...
OpenStudy (selena2345):
its 14.2 @ShadowLegendX
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
hmm ok
OpenStudy (selena2345):
its 14.2 right @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Btw in my earlier drawings I had put cm instead of in, just ignore that
OpenStudy (selena2345):
so its 14.2 right ? @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Not sure :/
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
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OpenStudy (selena2345):
what
OpenStudy (selena2345):
its 14.2
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
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Yeah it's 14.2
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
I had missed the part where it was a "right triangle"
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Could you show me the steps that you used to find 14.2 as C?
OpenStudy (selena2345):
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OpenStudy (selena2345):
@ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
200 squared is 14.2? o-o
OpenStudy (selena2345):
square root of 200 is 14.14213562
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
14.14213562 x 14.14213562 = 199.999999894
OpenStudy (selena2345):
whatever
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Haha Selena :)
OpenStudy (selena2345):
what
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
We I believe we found our answer, good luck @Selena2345
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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
Well*
OpenStudy (selena2345):
what are you talking about ? @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):
The answer is 14.2
as
\[14.2 \times 14.2 = 201.64\]
OpenStudy (selena2345):
Thank You So Much!!!!!! :) @ShadowLegendX
OpenStudy (esshotwired):
Oh my word xD you don't have to tag him so much ya know