SOLUTION: If one side of a 90 degree triangle is 32ft and the other is 18 ft how do you find the length of the 3rd side?
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Question 274279: If one side of a 90 degree triangle is 32ft and the other is 18 ft how do you find the length of the 3rd side?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 32 & 18 are the 2 sides & you need the hypotenuse then:
32^2+18^2=c^2
1024+324=c^2
c^2=1348
c=sqrt1348
c=36.715 ans. for the hypotenuse.
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If 32 is the hypotenuse then:
18^2+x^2=32^2
324+x^2=1024
x62=1024-324
x^2=700
x=sqrt700
x=26.4575 ans.
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