document.write( "Question 398245: doing special right triangles (30-60-90) - if you are given a 30-60-90 triangle and the hypotenuse is 12square roots of 3 and you are not given the other lengths of the legs but you need to find the short legs length ( short leg is x and long leg is y ) what do you do to find it ? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #282200 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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You know the ratios of the sides opposite the angles
\n" ); document.write( "ar as follows: (30, 60, 90) = \"1\", \"sqrt%283%29\", \"2\"
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "The hypotenuse is \"12%2Asqrt%283%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F2+=+x%2F%2812%2Asqrt%283%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2x+=+12%2Asqrt%283%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+6%2Asqrt%283%29\"
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