SOLUTION: on a right triangle side A has a lenghth of 6 inches.Angle Y is 45 degrees. What is the length of the hypotenuse. I know the other missing angle is 45 degrees. I used the sin func

Question 292149: on a right triangle side A has a lenghth of 6 inches.Angle Y is 45 degrees. What is the length of the hypotenuse. I know the other missing angle is 45 degrees. I used the sin function on my calculater with 45 degrees and came up with 17.97 inches. Im not shure if this is right or weather i should use the second power function as well. Please help.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
on a right triangle side A has a length of 6 inches.
Angle Y is 45 degrees.
What is the length of the hypotenuse. I know the other missing angle is 45 degrees.
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I used the sin function on my calculater with 45 degrees and came up with 17.97 inches. Im not sure if this is right or wheather i should use the second power function as well.
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Draw the picture:
You have a right isosceles triangle.
Each leg is 6 inches.
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Using Pythagoras to solve for "h", the hypotenuse.
h^2 = 6^2 + 6^2
h^2 = 2*6^2
h = 6*sqrt(2) = 8.485.. inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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