SOLUTION: If the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 feet long and 1 leg is six feet long what is the measure of the other leg?

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Question 600342: If the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 feet long and 1 leg is six feet long what is the measure of the other leg?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the pythagorean theorem:

a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2


a%5E2%2B6%5E2=10%5E2


a%5E2%2B36=100


a%5E2=100-36


a%5E2=64


a=sqrt%2864%29


a=8


So the other leg is 8 feet long.