SOLUTION: In a 30°- 60°- 90° right triangle, the shorter leg is 9 cm. How long are the other two sides of the triangle? A. -longer leg 9 times the square root of 2 -hypotenuse 18 B. -l

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Question 605110: In a 30°- 60°- 90° right triangle, the shorter leg is 9 cm. How long are the other two sides of the triangle?
A. -longer leg 9 times the square root of 2 -hypotenuse 18
B. -longer leg 9 times the square root of 3 -hypotenuse 18
C. -longer leg 18 -hypotenuse the square root of 3
D. -longer leg 18 -hypotenuse the square root of 2
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the answer is B because in this special triangle the shorter leg is x the longest leg is x*sqrt(3) and hypotenuse 2x