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OpenStudy (welshfella):
use the Pythagoras theorem:-
41^2 = 9^2 + l^2
solve for l
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
What?
OpenStudy (welshfella):
have you not come across the Pythagoras theorem?
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
I DONT GET IT I DONT get my answer when i do it
OpenStudy (welshfella):
If you have a right angled triangle like in the diagram
the square on the longest side = sum of the squares on the other 2 sides
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
a/62 = b^2 + c^2
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
18 and 82
OpenStudy (welshfella):
* typo - that is a^2
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
what
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OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
what are you i'm confused more
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
what is 18 and 82 supposed to be?
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
-_- WHEN I TIMES 2 WON BOTH SIDES AS
OpenStudy (welshfella):
41^2 means 41 squared not 41 times 2
41^2 = 41* 41
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OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
=+= OKAYYY
OpenStudy (welshfella):
41^2 = 9^2 + l^2
l^2 = 41^2 - 9^2
when you have worked out the right side,
take its square root - that will give you the length of l.
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
82?
OpenStudy (welshfella):
is that what you get for the value of l?
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
YES --_-
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OpenStudy (welshfella):
no
what is 41*41 ?
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
1681
OpenStudy (welshfella):
right and 9^2 ?
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
81
OpenStudy (welshfella):
ok - so 1681 - 81 = 1600
now use your calculator to find the square root of 1600 and that is your answer
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OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
wwh k
OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):
40
OpenStudy (welshfella):
? - are you using shorthand?
OpenStudy (welshfella):
40 is correct
OpenStudy (welshfella):
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