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What does Pythagoras theorem state?
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The area of the square drawn on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares drawn on the other two sides.
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| A right angled triangle has two shorter sides which measure 3 units and 4 units - what is the length of the hypotenuse? |
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The length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 20 units and the length of one of the shorter sides is 12 units.
What is the length of the other shorter side? |
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| Is a triangle which has lengths of side 5, 12 and 13 units a right angled triangle? |
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Squares drawn on the two shorter sides of a right angled triangle have areas of 81 and 144 square units.
What is:
a) the area of the square drawn on the hypotenuse?
b) the length of the hypotenuse? |
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a) 225 square units
b) 15 units |
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A right angled triangle has two shorter sides which measure 2 and 5 units.
What is the length of the hypotenuse - leave your answer as a square root. |
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