SOLUTION: The area of a right triangle is 30 square inches. The ratio of its legs is 1: 30. Find the number of inches in the hypotenuse of the triangle.

Question 885943: The area of a right triangle is 30 square inches. The ratio of its legs is 1: 30. Find the number of inches in the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That ratio lets you say if x is the short leg then the long leg is 30x.
Pythagorean Theorem gives , but you do not yet know h, the hypotenuse.
The area is , which is .

Divide by 30

, and 1802=2*17*53, unrepeated prime numbers.

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