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What is the length of the remaining side of the right triangle?
Correct answer:
Explanation:
Rearrange the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side. The Pythagorean Theorem is:
where is the hypotenuse and and are the sides.
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 26 in and one leg is 10 in. What is the sum of the two shortest sides?
Correct answer:
Explanation:
We use the Pythagorean Theorem so the problem to solve becomes where = unknown leg length
So and
The sum of the two legs becomes
Find the length of the unknown side, , of the right triangle below.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
We need to use the Pythagorean Theorem, which says that .
Since we need to find the length of 'a', we can just solve for 'a'.
In our case, c = 12 and b = 9.
Thus, .
Find the missing leg of the right triangle when one of the legs is and the hypotenuse is .
Correct answer:
Explanation:
In order to find the missing side of a right triangle you must use one of two things:
1. Pythagorean Theorem
2. Trigonometry.
Since we only know what the side lengths are we must use the Pythagorean Theorem.
a=4, b=x, and c=5
So the missing side length is 3
Given that the hypotenuse of a right triangle is and one side is , find the other side length.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
To find the length of the missing side, you can either use the pythagorean theorm or realize this is a case of a special right triangle with sides .
Thus, the other side length is .
Find the length of the missing side.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
Recall the Pythagorean Theorem for a right triangle:
Since the missing side corresponds to side , rewrite the Pythagorean Theorem and solve for .
Now, plug in values of and into a calculator to find the length of side . Round to decimal places.
Find the length of the missing side.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
Recall the Pythagorean Theorem for a right triangle:
Since the missing side corresponds to side , rewrite the Pythagorean Theorem and solve for .
Now, plug in values of and into a calculator to find the length of side . Round to decimal places.
Find the length of the missing side.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
Recall the Pythagorean Theorem for a right triangle:
Since the missing side corresponds to side , rewrite the Pythagorean Theorem and solve for .
Now, plug in values of and into a calculator to find the length of side . Round to decimal places.
Find the length of the missing side length.
Correct answer:
Explanation:
Recall the Pythagorean Theorem for a right triangle:
Since the missing side corresponds to side , rewrite the Pythagorean Theorem and solve for .
Now, plug in values of and into a calculator to find the length of side . Round to decimal places.