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The length of the longer leg of a 30 60 90 triangle is 6. The hyp is 9.

State the solution in Simple Root Form:
State the solution to the nearest tenth:

User Stepango
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Explanation:

there is something severely wrong with the problem definition.

when the Hypotenuse = 9, there is no 30-60-90 triangle with a leg = 6.

and when we are just focusing that this is a right-angled triangle with the Hypotenuse = 9, then 6 cannot be the longer leg.

it is also not clear what the solution is supposed to be. the 2nd leg ? the area ? the perimeter ? the height(s) ? ...

what ?

so, all I can do here is to show you why I said what I said :

30-60-90 triangle with Hypotenuse = 9

then the longer leg is opposite of the 60° angle and therefore sin(60)×9 = 7.794228634...

the shorter leg is opposite of the 30° angle and therefore sin(30)×9 = 0.5×9 = 4.5

a right-angled triangle with Hypotenuse = 9, one leg = 6 gives us per Pythagoras for the other leg

9² = 6² + leg²

81 = 36 + leg²

45 = leg²

leg = sqrt(45) = 6.708203932...

so, you see, as stated above, there is no leg with the length 6 in such a 30-60-90 triangle.

and in a more general right-angled triangle, if one leg = 6, then the other leg is actually longer.

therefore, there is everything wrong with the problem definition.

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