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How do u find the hypotenuse of a triangle?

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Gtweaker
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i forgot my book at home and i dont know....soo how do u get the longes side or hypotenuse of a triangle?
Nov 12 2006 9:12PM
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snowdiver
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a^2+b^2=c^2
Nov 12 2006 9:15PM
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AndrewZ
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i havn't taken math since junior year but i think that its a^2 + b^2 = c^2 but it only works on right triangle or you gotta start using sine and cosine and such
Nov 12 2006 9:16PM
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Pisces
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or you can do it the fun way and use sin/cos/tan if they give you the inside angles of the triangle.
Nov 12 2006 9:16PM
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mind_Riot39
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what are u in like 7th grade?
Nov 12 2006 9:19PM
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SARTRON
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SOHCAHTOA
Nov 12 2006 9:21PM
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Pisces
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the only reason i pssed any of my tests was because of SOHCAHTOA i still dont know them without that
Nov 12 2006 9:22PM
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396222687862
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holy shit, i remember that.
Nov 12 2006 9:25PM
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freezed
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I still use SOHCAHTOA like every day and I'm in Calc II in college.
Nov 12 2006 9:26PM
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grams.
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length of one leg squared (or if your so stupid you don't know what squared is just multiply that number by itself) then do that with the other leg of your triangle and you've got it!
Nov 12 2006 9:27PM
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Pisces
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or you can do the pythagorean theorem, but thankfully (i guess) i dont remember it anymore. i just remember it being a ppain in the ass.
Nov 12 2006 9:29PM
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C-Burg
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you only have hypotenusi on right triangles
Nov 12 2006 9:30PM
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[~_~]
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AYE squared PLUS BEE squared EEKWALS CEE squared.


so the answer is obviously sloth.
Nov 12 2006 9:36PM
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ski_cartel
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i remember that shit
Nov 12 2006 9:39PM
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DDrem.
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math pwned!
Nov 12 2006 9:40PM
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grams.
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wow..just wow
Nov 12 2006 9:40PM
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suzia
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those words make my mouth go crazy for some reason
Nov 12 2006 9:42PM
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chapz
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its what peope have said, A squared + B squared = c squared, thats the Pythagorean theorem.
Nov 12 2006 9:43PM
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soulskier
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add up the length of the legs squared and take the square root of the combined total legs
Nov 12 2006 9:45PM
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Gtweaker
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9th dawg...GEOMETRY
Nov 12 2006 9:47PM
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Gtweaker
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oooo i see cas it wasnt working for me on the other ones...it would end up being way to not realistically long
Nov 12 2006 9:49PM
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Jacobamf
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Whats that stand for? I've never heard it before
Nov 12 2006 9:55PM
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[~_~]
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you're in 9th grade geometry and you're learning the Pythagrian Theorem? lucky bastard. we did thats stuff in 6th grade.
Nov 12 2006 10:07PM
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newschooler7
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ahahah. that saved my ass so many times on math tests. that was so long ago and i still remember it.
Nov 12 2006 10:10PM
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Albrecht.
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Oscar Has
A Heap
Of Apples


Nov 12 2006 10:16PM
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user098123
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SOH = Sine, opposite over hypotenuse
CAH = Cosine, adjacent over hypotenuse
TOA = Tangent, opposite over adjacent

SOHCAHTOA
Nov 12 2006 10:16PM
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jimmychung
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Some Old Hippy Caught Another Hippy Tripping On Acid
Nov 12 2006 10:23PM
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jack_weisman
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square root of a^2+b^a
Nov 12 2006 10:29PM
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deleted4
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yeah are you fucking retarded or just really young
Nov 12 2006 10:31PM
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anna*
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its either a^2+b^2=c^2
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SOH CAH TOA
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side a/sinA=side b/sinB=side c/sinC (sine rule)
just shove the values in and then rearrange to make the unknown the subject
Nov 13 2006 12:17AM
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*BeckyK*
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whats that?
Nov 13 2006 12:41AM
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Schoening
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SOH= Sin - Opposite over Hypotnuese
CAH= Cosine - Adjacent over Hypotneuse
TOA= Tangent - Opposite over Adjacent
Nov 13 2006 12:43AM
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Schoening
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SOH= Sin - Opposite over Hypotnuese
CAH= Cosine - Adjacent over Hypotneuse
TOA= Tangent - Opposite over Adjacent
Nov 13 2006 12:43AM
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user098123
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Do you not read the thread? I posted the whole thing like 3 up from you...
Nov 13 2006 12:44AM
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Mr_Bojangles
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...with diagrams and the cosine rule!

Click for larger image
Nov 13 2006 1:10AM
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*rkp*
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are you fucking retarded?     like seriously!
Nov 13 2006 2:52AM
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mattster
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Learn some fucking math and stop calling it the pafagrian theorem you hate monger.
Nov 13 2006 3:15AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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Sin(theta) = opposite/adjacent
Cos(theta) = adjacent/hypotenuse
Tan(theta) = opposite/adjacent
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

I figured since its been explained about 30 times I'd do it again.
Nov 13 2006 3:32AM
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powderdream
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your such a nerd hahaha
Nov 13 2006 7:53AM
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Chubby.Chaser
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How is the Pythagorean thereom hard? I could write a proof for the thereom in less time than it took to write this.
Nov 13 2006 10:44AM
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Chubby.Chaser
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basically it's the easiest thereom i can think of to prove or use
Nov 13 2006 10:47AM
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GnarBurger
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A squared + B squared = C squared
Nov 13 2006 1:54PM
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*i<3snow*
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i ALWAYS use sohcahtoa. ALWAYS. everyday. that's the one thing in calc i always get right..
Nov 13 2006 3:28PM
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anna*
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thanks for that nick....
Nov 13 2006 4:38PM
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cgregg
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YAY
Nov 13 2006 4:46PM
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