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Originally Posted by Marcus78
LOL Just yesterday I rediscovered a book I have which has tons of smart-ass answers like supposedly that submitted by teachers and workers all over the U.S. That problem is the one that's on the cover, actually.
BTW, the answer is 5 since, A2+B2=C2
Blah! It should be superscripted 2's to read A "Squared" etc., but I guess the forum doesn't allow that code...
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You can write it as follows. For any exponential x, you can write it A^x.
so that it becomes...
A^2 + B^2 = C^2
If you are going to do roots, then you just use the inverse property, so that...
A^(1/x)
For example, the square root of four, can be written as follows...
4^(1/2),
But just know that there is a shortcut for square roots, and it is written as follows...
SQRT(A) = A^(1/2)
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Originally Posted by Old Dingus
WRONG.
The correct answer is 5 cm.
Old Dingus
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Yes, you are correct. One cannot forget the unit of measurement.
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Originally Posted by Raquel de Milo
They need to replace Find X with What is X, now that makes sense lol
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They could just ask, "What is the length of the hypotenuse?", or "What is the length of the longest side?"
Now that I derailed this thread, I am done here.
Blonds Answer on Geometry Test
