Question

Determine the length of one leg of a right triangle if one leg has a length of 8 inches and the hypotenuse has length 10 inches?

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Answer 1

6

Explanation:

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Answer 2

6 in.

Explanation:

you can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem.

hypotenuse squared = leg squared = the other leg squared.

You have one leg is 8 and the hypotenuse is 10. Let the missing leg = x

So,
`10^(2)` =
`8^(2)` +
`x^(2)`

100 = 64 +
`x^(2)`

36 =
`x^(2)`

x =
`√(36)` = 6