SOLUTION: Please help me answer this question: a=5,c=10
use a^2+b^2=c^2
In the directions it says to find the missing length of the right triangle if a and b are the lengths of the leg
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: Please help me answer this question: a=5,c=10
use a^2+b^2=c^2
In the directions it says to find the missing length of the right triangle if a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. I tried to work out the problem but didn't get a perfect square, instead I got the square root of 75 as my answer.
This question is from textbook McDougal Littell Algebra 1
Found 2 solutions by edjones, stanbon:
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sqrt(75)=sqrt(25*3)=5sqrt(3) is the correct answer.
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Ed
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please help me answer this question: a=5,c=10
use a^2+b^2=c^2
In the directions it says to find the missing length of the right triangle if a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. I tried to work out the problem but didn't get a perfect square, instead I got the square root of 75 as my answer.
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That is correct.
b = sqrt(75)
That can be simplified:
b = sqrt(25*3)
b = 5sqrt(3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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