SOLUTION: The hypotenuse is 6.I am trying to figure out b. Please help me with this problem.

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: The hypotenuse is 6.I am trying to figure out b. Please help me with this problem. This question is from textbook

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, I wish you luck because you don't have enough information to answer the problem. What is the value of a?
As you probably know, in a right triangle:
You know the value of the hypotenuse, (c = 6) but unfortunately this is not enough to determine the value of a or b unless you also know that a = b.
If a = b, then you can solve this problem as follows:
But a=b, so:

and c = 6, so:
Divide both sides by 2.
Take the square root of both sides.
or

and that's the best you can do!
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