document.write( "Question 668543: Given the hypotenuse of a 30 - 60 - 90 degrees triangle, determine the lengths of the two legs. Write your answers as radicals in simplest form.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "c = hypotenuse
\n" ); document.write( "hypotenuse = 6 sqrt 3
\n" ); document.write( "a = ?
\n" ); document.write( "b = ?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a\"= long leg across from \"60\"º
\n" ); document.write( "\"b\" = short leg across from \"30\"º
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then \"a=%281%2F2%29h%2Asqrt%283%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=%281%2F2%29h\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=%281%2F2%296sqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%283%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=%281%2F2%296%28sqrt%283%29%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=%281%2Fcross%282%29%29cross%286%293%2A3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=9\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=%281%2F2%29h\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=%281%2Fcross%282%29%29cross%286%293sqrt%283%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=3sqrt%283%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if you plug in value of \"sqrt%283%29=1.73\", then you have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h=+6%2A1.73\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28h=10.39%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28a=9%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=3%2A1.73\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28b=5.19%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now check using Pythagorean theorem:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2810.39%29%5E2=9%5E2%2B%285.19%29%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"107.95=81%2B26.94\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"107.9521=107.94\"...round to whole numbers\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"108=108\"\r
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