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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

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

OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):

what are you i'm confused more

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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

OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):

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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 --_-

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

OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):

wwh k

OpenStudy (kitten_is_back):

40

OpenStudy (welshfella):

? - are you using shorthand?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

40 is correct

OpenStudy (welshfella):

lol - you are a character!

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