Ogt Math Study Guide Worksheet With Answers - Maple Heights City Schools Page 25
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31With right triangles there are special relationships between the three
sides. The Pythagorean Theorem explains this:
2
2
2
a
+ b
=c
a and b are the length of the legs and c is the length of the
hypotenuse ( the side opposite the right angle). Simply, if you know
the length of any two sides of a right triangle, you can figure out the
length of the third by using
2
2
2
a
+ b
= c
2
2
2
ex.
a
+ b
= c
2
2
2
?
(6)
+ (8)
= c
6 feet
2
36 + 64 = c
2
8 feet
100 = c
√100 = c
10 = c
c=10
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