SOLUTION: If a right angle has a hypotenuse of the square root of 58 and a second side of 7, what is the length of the third side?

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Question 85161: If a right angle has a hypotenuse of the square root of 58 and a second side of 7, what is the length of the third side?
Answer by rcmcc(152)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The right angle triangle formula is
because c= hypotenuse
and you have a side a/b
you can isolate the other side by making the equation
by quaring the information you have you can fill in the equation

and by square routing the answer you find a
A=3
so your third side is equal to 3

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