document.write( "Question 600342: If the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 feet long and 1 leg is six feet long what is the measure of the other leg? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #379260 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Use the pythagorean theorem:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2%2B6%5E2=10%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2%2B36=100\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2=100-36\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5E2=64\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=sqrt%2864%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the other leg is 8 feet long.
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