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What is the length of the missing side?​

What is the length of the missing side?​-example-1

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The length of the missing side is 16.

(Basing on the Pythagoras)
What is the length of the missing side?​-example-1
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As this is a right triangle, we can use the pythagoras theorem, which states that if a and b are the shorter and c the longest side of the right triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

Here we are given the longer side c=34and one of the shorter sides (does not matter if we use a or b, let us say b=30).

Then a^2 + 30^2 = 34^2.

Therefore a^2 = 34^2 -30^2
Hence a = sqrt(34^2 -30^2)

(Just plug it into a calculator <3)
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