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Quilt squares are cut on the diagonal to form triangular quilt pieces. The hypotenuse of the resulting triangles is 26 inch. long. What is the side lengths of each piece? I already know the answer

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Is that correct?

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@Nnesha

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Ignore this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[hypotenuse = \sqrt{a ^{2}+b ^{2}}\] Since the quilt is a square a=b: \[26=\sqrt{2a^2}\] and you solve for a

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So is right?

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Ignore this

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Yes

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