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...
Originally Posted by Marcus78
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)
WRONG.
The correct answer is 5 cm.
Old Dingus
Originally Posted by Old Dingus
Yes, you are correct. One cannot forget the unit of measurement.
They need to replace Find X with What is X, now that makes sense lol
Originally Posted by Raquel de Milo
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.