SOLUTION: In a right triangle if the length of the hypotenuse is 73 and a leg is 25, find the length of the missing side. If necessary, round to the nearest hundredth

Question 452350: In a right triangle if the length of the hypotenuse is 73 and a leg is 25, find the length of the missing side. If necessary, round to the nearest hundredth
Answer by confusedgirl81(14) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To answer this problem, we use the Pythagorean Theorem, which is a^2 +b^2 = c^2

Now plug in the values. The hypotenuse is "c" while "a" and "b" are the sides.

So....

a^2 +b^2 = c^2
(25)^2 + b^2 = (73)^2
625 + b^2 = 5329
b^2 = 5329 - 625
b^2 = 4704
{ At this point we will take the square root of both sides of the equation so we can get b alone}
b^2 = 4704
b = 68.5857

The problem say round to the nearest hundredth so,
b = 68.59

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