SOLUTION: Triangle ABC is an isosceles right triangle with <C as the right angle. 1. If a=5 cm, find c. 2. If b=8 cm, find c. 3. If b=12.5 cm, find c. Triangle GMA is a 30°-60°-90°

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Question 1180870: Triangle ABC is an isosceles right triangle with 1. If a=5 cm, find c.
2. If b=8 cm, find c.
3. If b=12.5 cm, find c.
Triangle GMA is a 30°-60°-90° triangle.
4. If m=26 cm, find a and g.
5. If a=30 cm, find m and g.

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Triangle ABC is an isosceles right triangle with
1. If a=5cm, find c.
since triangle ABC is an isosceles right triangle, a=b=5cm, and
c=sqrt%28%285cm%29%5E2%2B%285cm%29%5E2%29
c=sqrt%2825cm%5E2%2B25cm%5E2%29%29
c=sqrt%2850cm%5E2%29
c=7.07cm
2.
If b=8cm, find c.
=>a=8cm
c=sqrt%28%288cm%29%5E2%2B%288cm%29%5E2%29
c=sqrt%2864cm%5E2%2B64cm%5E2%29%29
c=sqrt%28128cm%5E2%29%29
c=11.31cm
3.
If b=12.5cm, find c.
a=12.5cm
c=sqrt%28%2812.5cm%29%5E2%2B%2812.5cm%29%5E2%29
c=sqrt%28156.5cm%5E2%2B156.5cm%5E2%29%29
c=sqrt%28312.5cm%5E2%29%29
c=17.68cm


Triangle GMA is a 30°-60°-90° triangle.
triangle
if GMA is a 30°-60°-90° triangle, then
The shorter leg, which is opposite to the 30- degree angle, is labeled as+x.
The hypotenuse, which is opposite to the 90-degree angle, is twice the shorter leg length (2x).
The longer leg, which is opposite to the 60-degree angle, is equal to the shorter leg’s product and the square root of three (xsqrt%283%29).
in your case m=2x, shorter leg g=x, and longer leg a=xsqrt%283%29
4.
If m=26cm, find a and g.
if hypotenuse m=26cm=>2x=26cm=>x=13cm
then shorter leg g=13cm
and longer leg a=13cm%2Asqrt%283%29
so, check
m%5E2=a%5E2%2Bg%5E2
%2826cm%29%5E2=%2813cm%2Asqrt%283%29%29%5E2%2B%2813cm%29%5E2
676cm%5E2=169cm%5E2%2A3%2B169cm%5E2
676cm%5E2=507cm%5E2%2B169cm%5E2
676cm%5E2=676cm%5E2

5.
If a=30cm, find m and g.
if a=30cm then xsqrt%2813%29=30=>x=30%2Fsqrt%283%29 and 2x=2%2A%2830%2Fsqrt%283%29%29=60%2Fsqrt%283%29
=>m=60%2Fsqrt%283%29cm=>m=%2860sqrt%283%29%2F3%29cm=>m=20sqrt%283%29cm
=>g=%2830%2Fsqrt%283%29%29cm=>g=%28%2830sqrt%283%29%29%2F3%29cm=>g=10sqrt%283%29cm
check:
m%5E2=a%5E2%2Bg%5E2
%2820sqrt%283%29cm%29%5E2=%2830cm%29%5E2%2B%2810sqrt%283%29cm%29%5E2
400%2A3cm%5E2=900cm%5E2%2B100%2A3cm%5E2
1200cm%5E2=900cm%5E2%2B300cm%5E2
1200cm%5E2=1200cm%5E2