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What is the measure of y?327ZlyХy = [ ? ]Give your answer in simplest form.Enter

What is the measure of y?327ZlyХy = [ ? ]Give your answer in simplest form.Enter-example-1
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First, lets remenber a property of right triangles:

If we have the right triangle in this form:

The following is true:


h^2=m* n

In our question, Y=h , m=27 and n=3, with that we can solve our problem:


Y^2=27*3\rightarrow Y^2=81\rightarrow Y=9

So, Y=9

What is the measure of y?327ZlyХy = [ ? ]Give your answer in simplest form.Enter-example-1
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