SOLUTION: Find the length of the hypotenuse if the height is 6 meters and the area is 36 meters squared?

Question 951500: Find the length of the hypotenuse if the height is 6 meters and the area is 36 meters squared?
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Find the length of the hypotenuse if the height is 6 meters and the area is 36 meters squared?
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Find the base of the right triangle when you know the area and the height
*b*6 = 36
multiply both sides by 2
6b = 72
b = 72/6
b = 12 meters
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the we know the two legs of the triangle are 12 and 6, find the hypotenuse
h =
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h = 13.4164 meters is the hypotenuse
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