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Find the missing leg of the right triangle if 10 is the other leg and 26 is the hypotenuse.

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27.86

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24

2007-09-30 09:40:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

It's a very simple question: 26^2-10^2 =x^2 626-100=576 whose square root is 24, the answer..

2007-09-30 11:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by melao3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Let x be the unknown side. By the Pythagorean Theorem, 10^2 + x^2 = 26^2, or 100 + x^2 = 676, so x^2 = 576 = 24^2. You finish it.

2007-09-30 17:07:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tony 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋