SOLUTION: If one long side of a triangle is 10 and the short side is 6, what is the base and how do you find it?

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Question 774558: If one long side of a triangle is 10 and the short side is 6, what is the base and how do you find it?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Length of leg and short side is not enough to find length of base. You CAN find it if this is a right-triangle. In that case, long side is the hypotenuse, and then the base and short side each are legs of the right-triangle. The case allows you to say hypotenuse%5E2=base%5E2%2Bside%5E2, 10%5E2=b%5E2%2B6%5E2 and you can find b.