SOLUTION: Find the length of the longest leg of a 30-60-90 triangle whose hypotenuse is 8 inches long.
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Question 40872: Find the length of the longest leg of a 30-60-90 triangle whose hypotenuse is 8 inches long.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of sides in a 30-60-90 triangle is
1 to 2 to sqrt(3), where the "2" side is the hypotenuse...
Thus if the hypotenuse is 8, the shorter leg is 4 and the longer leg is
4*sqrt(3)
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