SOLUTION: what is the length of the hypotenuse of a 30 -60 -90 triangle if the shortest side is 4?

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Question 969143: what is the length of the hypotenuse of a 30 -60 -90 triangle if the shortest side is 4?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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30-60-90 triangles have sides in ratio 1 : sqrt(3) : 2.

4 : 4sqrt(3) : 8

The hypotenuse has length 8.