Question

Right triangle abc has one leg of length 6 cm, one leg of length 8 cm and a right angle at

a. a square has one side on the hypotenuse of triangle abc and a vertex on each of the two legs of triangle abc. what is the length of one side of the square? express your answer as a common fraction.

Answer 1

120/37

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:
side length of the square = 10 cm

Step-by-step explanation:
The attached image shows a diagram representing the scenario described in the problem.
Taking a look at this diagram, we can note that the side length of the square is equal to the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle
Therefore, we can get the side of the square by calculating the length of the hypotenuse using Pythagorean theorem as follows:
(hypotenuse)² = (length of first leg)² + (length of second leg)²
(hypotenuse)² = (8)² + (6)²
(hypotenuse)² = 64 + 36
(hypotenuse)² = 100
hypotenuse = √100
hypotenuse = 10 cm

This means that the length of the side of the square is also 10 cm

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