SOLUTION: The diagram of a right triangle shows 20 as the hypotenuse, 6x as a leg, and 2x as the other leg.
Find x
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a right triangle shows as the hypotenuse, as a leg, and as the other leg
if the hypotenuse is , one leg and the other leg in a right triangle, using Pythagorean theorem, we have:
..........substitute given values
(note, we are looking for a leg, so we need only positive solution)
exact solutions:
one leg is: =>
and
the other leg is: =>
check:
approximate solution:
=>=> =>=>
check:
round it to whole number
