If the cosine of an angle in a right triangle is where and are positive integers and n > m, and the adjacent side is units. If the hypotenuse is units, what is the length of the opposite side in terms of and ?
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By the Pythagorean theorem, in a right triangle , where is the hypotenuse, is the adjacent side and is the opposite side.
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