03-02-2022
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One leg of a right triangle is 16. The hypotenuse is 27. What is the measure of the missing leg of the right triangle?

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03-02-2022

Answer:

[tex]x=\sqrt{23}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

So the eqaution for the hypotonuse is [tex]a^{2}+b^{2} =c^{2}[/tex]

Therefore...

[tex]\sqrt{16} +\sqrt{x^{2} }=\sqrt{27}\\ 4+x =\sqrt{27} \\x=\sqrt{23}[/tex]

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