document.write( "Question 452350: In a right triangle if the length of the hypotenuse is 73 and a leg is 25, find the length of the missing side. If necessary, round to the nearest hundredth \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #310971 by confusedgirl81(14) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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To answer this problem, we use the Pythagorean Theorem, which is a^2 +b^2 = c^2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now plug in the values. The hypotenuse is \"c\" while \"a\" and \"b\" are the sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a^2 +b^2 = c^2
\n" ); document.write( "(25)^2 + b^2 = (73)^2
\n" ); document.write( "625 + b^2 = 5329
\n" ); document.write( "b^2 = 5329 - 625
\n" ); document.write( "b^2 = 4704
\n" ); document.write( "{ At this point we will take the square root of both sides of the equation so we can get b alone}\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b^2 = 4704
\n" ); document.write( "b = 68.5857\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The problem say round to the nearest hundredth so,
\n" ); document.write( "b = 68.59\r
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