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Find the length of the
missing side of the triangle
to the nearest tenth.

Find the length of the missing side of the triangle to the nearest tenth.-example-1
User Mrege
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Hey! So you’re gonna need to use the Pythagorean Theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2).
You’re looking for one of the legs here, so after inputting the values your equations should look like this: 6^2 + b^2 = 10^2.
Next, find what the numbers squared are: 36 + b^2 = 100.
Then, isolate the variable: b^2 = 64.
Lastly, square root both sides: √b^2 = √64.
You should find the answer is 8.
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