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The leg of a right triangle is 3 units and the hypotenuse is 6 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle? (5 points)
3 units

9 units units units

sqrt of 18 units

sqrt of 27 units

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Heres a quick tip for the rest of your exam. There is a calculator called "cosincalc triangle calculator" Super helpful.

;)

For your question, used the right triangle theorem.
3^2 + x^2 = 6^2
9 + x^2 = 36
x^2 = 27
So your answer is the sqrt of 27 units!

User Elsa
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The Pythagorean theorem can be used to solve this.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
a^2 + 3^2 = 6^2
a^2 + 9 = 36
a^2 = 27

The third side is the square root of 27

Hope this helps =)
User Jacopofar
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