SOLUTION: Find the missing length of the right triangle. Round to the nearest tenth. a=8,b=_____, c=13. Can you please show me step by step how you get this. Then I can understand how to

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Question 610164: Find the missing length of the right triangle. Round to the nearest tenth. a=8,b=_____, c=13. Can you please show me step by step how you get this. Then I can understand how to do the rest of my problems. I just don't get it. Thanks!
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Find the missing length of the right triangle. Round to the nearest tenth. a=8,b=_____, c=13.
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a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2
8%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+13%5E2
64+%2B+b%5E2+=+169
b%5E2+=+105
b+=+sqrt%28105%29