SOLUTION: Find the missing side and angles in the right triangle, where a is the side across from angle A, b across from B, and c across from the right angle. a = 23, c = 26. Keep three s

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Question 362323: Find the missing side and angles in the right triangle, where a is the side across from angle A, b across from B, and c across from the right angle. a = 23, c = 26.
Keep three significant digits.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since it's a right triangle, use the Pythagorean theorem.
A%5E2%2BB%5E2=H%5E2
23%5E2%2Bb%5E2=26%5E2
529%2Bb%5E2=676
b%5E2=147
b=sqrt%28147%29
highlight%28b=7sqrt%283%29%29