SOLUTION: If the longer leg has 8 units, what are the lengths of the other leg and the hypotenuse? This is for a 30,60,90 degree special triangle.

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Question 776119: If the longer leg has 8 units, what are the lengths of the other leg and the hypotenuse?
This is for a 30,60,90 degree special triangle.
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Q:
If the longer leg has 8 units, what are the lengths of the other leg and the hypotenuse?
This is for a 30,60,90 degree special triangle.
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A:
In a 30-60-90 degree triangle, the longer leg is sqrt%283%29 times the shorter leg and the hypotenuse is twice the shorter leg.
If the longer leg has 8 units, then the length of the other leg is 8%2Fsqrt%283%29 OR highlight%288%2Asqrt%283%29%2F3%29 and the hypotenuse is highlight%2816%2Asqrt%283%29%2F3%29.