SOLUTION: For the following right triangle, find the side length of x. The left side is 9 and the right side is 11.

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Question 335433: For the following right triangle, find the side length of x. The left side is 9 and the right side is 11.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm not sure about your terminology.
In a right triangle, the longest leg is called the hypotenuse.
The other two are called legs.
Let A and B be the legs, H the hypotenuse.
Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing side (hypotenuse or leg).
A%5E2%2BB%5E2=H%5E2