SOLUTION: doing special right triangles (30-60-90) - if you are given a 30-60-90 triangle and the hypotenuse is 12square roots of 3 and you are not given the other lengths of the legs but yo

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Question 398245: doing special right triangles (30-60-90) - if you are given a 30-60-90 triangle and the hypotenuse is 12square roots of 3 and you are not given the other lengths of the legs but you need to find the short legs length ( short leg is x and long leg is y ) what do you do to find it ?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You know the ratios of the sides opposite the angles
ar as follows: (30, 60, 90) = 1, sqrt%283%29, 2
given:
The hypotenuse is 12%2Asqrt%283%29
1%2F2+=+x%2F%2812%2Asqrt%283%29%29
2x+=+12%2Asqrt%283%29
x+=+6%2Asqrt%283%29