document.write( "Question 398122: one leg of a right triangle is 6 meters and the hypotenuse is 12 meters. the approximate length of the second leg is \n" ); document.write( "
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use Pythagorean Theorem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if one leg of a right triangle is \"a=6+m\" and the hypotenuse is \"c=12+m\", the approximate length of the second leg \"b\" is:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2812+m%29%5E2+=+%286+m%29%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2+=+%2812+m%29%5E2+-+%286+m%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2+=+144m%5E2+-+36m%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2+=+180m%5E2+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b+=+sqrt%28180m%5E2%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b+=+13.416m+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the approximate length of the second leg is \"b+=+13m+\"\r
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