SOLUTION: a right angle hypotenuse is 6m and one leg is 2 times the square root of 5 find the length of the other leg

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Question 600333: a right angle hypotenuse is 6m and one leg is 2 times the square root of 5 find the length of the other leg
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hypotenuse = 6m
one leg = 2sqrt%285%29
Let other leg be x
Apply Pythagoras theorem
%286%29%5E2=+x%5E2%2B+%282sqrt%285%29%29%5E2

6%5E2+-%282sqrt%285%29%29%5E2=+x%5E2
36-20=+x%5E2

16=x^2
x= +/- 4
Ignore negative value
other leg = 4 m