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The length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle is 10. Find the length of the two leg
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The length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle is 10. Find the length of the two legs. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle is 10. Find the length of the two legs.
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The side opposite the 30 degree angle is half of the hypotenuse, or 5
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Use Pythagoras to find the 3rd side:
10^2 = 5^2 + x^2
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x^2 = 100-25
x^2 = 75
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x = 5*sqrt(3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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