SOLUTION: I need help please with this problem. I need to find the missing length for this right triangle. Please note the bottom leg is missing, the side leg =7 and the hypotruse =25. Pleas

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Question 278511: I need help please with this problem. I need to find the missing length for this right triangle. Please note the bottom leg is missing, the side leg =7 and the hypotruse =25. Please advise. Thank you.
Found 2 solutions by rfer, Alan3354:
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a^2+b^2=c^2
7^2+b^2=25^2
49+b^2=625
b^2=576
b=24

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's no hypotruse, it's hypotenuse.
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24 is the missing side.

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