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Question 366320: What is the answer if you are given the measument of a right triangle. b=20 feet and c=35 and are supossed to solve for the missing length a? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the answer if you are given the measument of a right triangle. b=20 feet and c=35 and are supossed to solve for the missing length a?
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That depends on whether "a" is a leg or is the hypotenuse of the triangle.
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If "a" is the hypotenuse,
a = sqrt[20^2+35^2]
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If "a" is a leg, then 35 is the hypotenuse and you have
a = sqrt[35^2-20^2]
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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