SOLUTION: A right triangle has a base 4' in lenght and the side opposite the right angle (hypothenuse) is 10' in lenght. What is the height
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Question 573180: A right triangle has a base 4' in lenght and the side opposite the right angle (hypothenuse) is 10' in lenght. What is the height
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 
is the hypotenuse and 
and 
are the legs of the triangle, then
which is to say
which is to say
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John
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