SOLUTION: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 10 meters. One leg is 6 meters long. What is the length of the other leg of the triangle?
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Question 838839: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 10 meters. One leg is 6 meters long. What is the length of the other leg of the triangle?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
=8
10^2=6^2+x^2
100-36=+x^2
64=x^2
x=8
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