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find the length of each side labeled with the variable give your answer to one decimal place where needed

find the length of each side labeled with the variable give your answer to one decimal-example-1
User Dawa
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these are right triangles...so we can use the pythagorean theorem
a^2 + b^2 = c^2....where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse.

(a) 3^2 + 7^2 = c^2
9 + 49 = c^2
58 = c^2....here we take the sqrt of both sides, eliminating ^2
sqrt 58 = c
7.6 = c <== the missing side is 7.6 cm.

(b) 25^2 + 15^2 = c^2
625 + 225 = c^2
850 = c^2
sqrt 850 = c
29.2 = c <== the missing side is 29.2 cm




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