document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=774558>Question 774558</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If one long side of a triangle is 10 and the short side is 6, what is the base and how do you find it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #472315 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=472315\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Length of leg and short side is not enough to find length of base.  You CAN find it if this is a right-triangle.  In that case, long side is the hypotenuse, and then the base and short side each are legs of the right-triangle.  The case allows you to say <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=hypotenuse%5E2=base%5E2%2Bside%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"hypotenuse%5E2=base%5E2%2Bside%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%5E2=b%5E2%2B6%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%5E2=b%5E2%2B6%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and you can find b. </SPAN>\n" );
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