Question 441306: Find the missing side of right triangle if a=12 and b=18. Round to the answer to nearest tenth. Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! We aren't told which side is the hypotenuse.
x^2+y^2=z^2
assuming that z is the missing side is the hypotenuse we get
x=12
y=18
z=21.63
but if 18 is the hypotnenuse
then the missing side is 13.42
12 can't be the hypotenuse because the hypotenuse is the longest side
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