SOLUTION: Draw a right triangle. Label the vertical height as 12cm and the hypotenuse 20cm. Solve for the base x to the nearest 3 digit decimal answer. 20^2=x^2+12^2. The answer I come up w

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Question 191208: Draw a right triangle. Label the vertical height as 12cm and the hypotenuse 20cm. Solve for the base x to the nearest 3 digit decimal answer. 20^2=x^2+12^2.
The answer I come up with is 16.0

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