SOLUTION: Find the length x in the right triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form. Hypotenuse is 10 Leg a is 8 Leg b is x I came up with x=6 but that is not in simpli

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Question 78383: Find the length x in the right triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form.

Hypotenuse is 10
Leg a is 8
Leg b is x
I came up with x=6 but that is not in simplified radical form is it?

Answer by dolly(163)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are right.
x = 6.This is in simplified radical form

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