SOLUTION: a. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are legs. b. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are a leg and hypotenuse Two sides of a right triangle are

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Question 549178: a. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are legs. b. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are a leg and hypotenuse
Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12.

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According to Pythagoras theorem, if the measures of the legs of a right triangle are 8 and 12, the measure of the hypotenuse is
(about 14.4)
According to Pythagoras theorem, if the measures of a leg and the hypotenuse of a right triangle are 8 and 12, the measure of the missing leg is
(about 8.9)