SOLUTION: given a triangle with a leg 13 km and hypotenuse 23 km find the missing side

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Question 744585: given a triangle with a leg 13 km and hypotenuse 23 km find the missing side
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given a triangle with a leg 13 km and hypotenuse 23 km find the missing side
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The missing side (which is the other leg) is

    sqrt%2823%5E2-13%5E3%29 = 18.974 km  (rounded).

Solved.