SOLUTION: Find the value of each variable. Express your answer in simplest radical form. The leg on the bottom is 10. The leg on the side is x. The hypotenuse is y. I've tried and tried

Question 617476: Find the value of each variable. Express your answer in simplest radical form.
The leg on the bottom is 10. The leg on the side is x. The hypotenuse is y.
I've tried and tried to figure this problem out, but I just can't and I need help. Thanks.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With the information we get from you, the most we can do is write y as a function of x,
as in -->
If there was some other information, such as the measure of an angle,
we could get actual number measurements.
Extra information may be given in a subtle, not obvious way, such as markings indicating that the two acute angles are congruent.
If the two acute angles were congruent, the triangle would be an isosceles right triangle, the legs would have the same measure (so x would be 10), and you could use the Pythagorean theorem to find that
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