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Find the indicated sides of the right triangle. b = 5600, c = 6500, a = ?

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In this problem, use the Pythagorean Theorem:

c2=a2+b2(1)c^2=a^2+b^2\tag{1}

where aa, bb, and cc are the sides of the triangle.

Since the unknown value is aa, rewrite the equation (1)\text{(1)} in terms of aa by subtracting b2b^2 on both sides of the equation.

a2=c2b2\begin{aligned} a^2&=c^2-b^2 \end{aligned}

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