SOLUTION: in a right triangle, if one side is 8 and the other side is 17 what is the missing length

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Question 815025: in a right triangle, if one side is 8 and the other side is 17 what is the missing length
Answer by gsmani_iyer(201)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one side = 8 units

hypotenuse = 17 units

So, other side = 15 units.
If we take the other side = 17 units, then
Hypotenuse = which would fetch 18.78829 units.

All the best !
gsmani Iyer

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