What Concept To Be Used When Finding Then Unkown Parts Of A Right Triangle?,
What concept to be used when finding then unkown parts of a right triangle?
You would use the Pythagorean theorem
A^ 2 + B^2 = C^2
example : the hypotenuse is 10^2 cm and one of the legs is 6^2 cm. What is the length of the missing leg? X is the unknown
6^2 = 36
10^2 = 100
now we check our work:
6^2 + x^2 = 10^2 6^2 + 8^2 = x^2
- 36 + x^2 = 100 36 + 64 = x^2
- -36 -36 x^2 = 100
- x^2 = 64 √(100 = 10
- √(64 = 8
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