SOLUTION: One leg of a right triangle is three times as long as the other. Write the lengthof the hypotenuse as a function of the shorter leg.
a) c = (something i can't read)(square root
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a) c = (something i can't read)(square root
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Question 229995: One leg of a right triangle is three times as long as the other. Write the lengthof the hypotenuse as a function of the shorter leg.
a) c = (something i can't read)(square root of a)
b) c = 2a
c) c = (something i can't read)(square root of 10)
d) c = 10(a squared) Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let a and b be the two legs of this triangle and c is the hypotenuse. "One leg (b) is three times as long as the other (3a)."
Use the Pythagorean theorem. Substitute Combine like-terms on the right side. Take the square root of both sides. or
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