SOLUTION: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 25 and an opposite side of length 7? what is the missing side?
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Question 956875: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 25 and an opposite side of length 7? what is the missing side?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Pythagorean Theorem states that , so plug in the variables that you already know.
Now solve for b.
is 24. So the missing side has the length of 24 units.
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