SOLUTION: If both legs are x and the hypotenuse is 10 how do I solve it.

Question 1054511: If both legs are x and the hypotenuse is 10 how do I solve it.
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By the pythagorean theorem:

Take the square root of both sides

Usually, you don't want square roots
or other roots on the bottom, so do this:

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check:

( error due to rounding off )
OK
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If both legs are x and the hypotenuse is 10 how do I solve it.

As length of each leg is x, we get:
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