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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 cm. One of the side lengths is 8 cm. What is the length of the other side?

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The longest side is the hypotenuse (10 cm ) and the leg is (8 cm) so since a leg is missing you subtract and make sure you square the numbers first , so 10cm(square it) - 8cm(squared) = 100-64= 36 then find the square root of 36 and that is 6 your answer is 6.
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