Problem 1974. Length of a short side
Calculate the length of the short side, a, of a right-angled triangle with hypotenuse of length c, and other short side of length b.

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier
on 9 Dec 2013
Tanya, you like triangles.
Phan Hoang Tao
on 17 Sep 2019
Good one
Gábor Csapó
on 18 Feb 2021
Nice one
AtmanP
on 3 Mar 2022
Wonder what that smallest solution was.
duc minh
on 18 Apr 2022
nice
Vinayak
on 12 Jul 2022
Interesting
Grace Edlin
on 13 Oct 2022
Good question
Myranda
on 29 Apr 2023
nice!
Amir Dallalan
on 4 Jul 2023
nice!
Antonio
on 5 Dec 2023
woah
Lyla
on 15 Dec 2024
nice!
Kshitij
on 20 Mar 2025
nice
Ananya
on 25 Mar 2025 at 4:56
easy problem
Aaryaa
6 hours and 6 minutes ago
easy problem
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