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Example Question #1 : Right Triangles
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 39 and one leg is 36. What is the length of the other leg?
You may recognize these numbers as multiples of 13 and 12 (each by a factor of 3) and remember that sides of length 5, 12 and 13 make a special right triangle. So the other leg would be 15 .
If you don't remember this, you can use Pythagorean theorem:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of and one leg has a length of
. What is the length of the other leg?
When calculating the lengths of sides of a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem as follows:
, where
and
are legs of the triangle and
is the hypotenuse.
Plugging in our given values:
Subtracting from each side of the equation:
Taking the square root of each side of the equation:
Simplifying the square root:
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
A right triangle has two legs of length and
, respectively. What is the hypotenuse of the right triangle?
When calculating the lengths of sides of a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem as follows:
, where
and
are legs of the triangle and
is the hypotenuse.
Plugging in our given values:
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
A right triangle has a leg of length and a hypotenuse of length
. What is the length of the other leg?
When calculating the lengths of sides of a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem as follows:
, where
and
are legs of the triangle and
is the hypotenuse.
Plugging in our given values:
Subtracting from each side of the equation:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of A Right Triangle
Find the length of the missing side.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side.
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