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  • 10-04-2017
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the length of one side of a right triangle is 12 and the length of th e hypotenuse is 20 find the length b of the other side

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irspow
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  • 10-04-2017
h^2=x^2+y^2

400=144+y^2

y^2=256

y=16

So the length b is 16 units.
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