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The shorter leg of a 30°–60°–90° triangle is 10. what are the lengths of the longer leg and the hypotenuse, to the nearest tenth?
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document.write( "Rule for all 30°-60°-90° triangles:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  The hypotenuse is twice the shorter leg.\r\n" );
document.write( "2.  The longer leg is  times the shorter leg.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So in your problem, the longer leg is , and\r\n" );
document.write( "the hypotenuse is  or \r\n" );
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document.write( "In case you have problems about the other special right triangle,\r\n" );
document.write( "here are the ruse for it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rule for all 45°-45°-90° triangles:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  The two legs are equal\r\n" );
document.write( "2.  The hypotenuse is  times either leg.\r\n" );
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