SOLUTION: I DO NOT NEED TO BE SCHOOLED ON THIS...I JUST NEED THE ANSWER: Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing side. c=8, a=6, find b. Forgot this part: Simplify your answer. Type

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Question 1102226: I DO NOT NEED TO BE SCHOOLED ON THIS...I JUST NEED THE ANSWER: Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing side. c=8, a=6, find b. Forgot this part: Simplify your answer. Type a radical expression in lowest​ terms. Thanks!! THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE QUESTION - I NEED IT ANSWERED AS A RADICAL EXPRESSION IN LOWEST TERMS...
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Does your question expect legs a and b, and hypotenuse to be c?

6%5E2%2Bb%5E2=8%5E2
b%5E2=8%5E2-6%5E2
b%5E2=64-36
b%5E2=28
b=sqrt%2828%29
b=sqrt%284%2A7%29
highlight%28b=2%2Asqrt%287%29%29