SOLUTION: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 25 and an opposite side of length 7? what is the missing side?

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Question 956875: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 25 and an opposite side of length 7? what is the missing side?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) About Me  (Show Source):
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The Pythagorean Theorem states that a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2, so plug in the variables that you already know.
7%5E2%2Bb%5E2=25%5E2
Now solve for b.
49%2Bb%5E2=625
b%5E2=576
sqrt%28576%29 is 24. So the missing side has the length of 24 units.