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Please help and show ur work!

Please help and show ur work!-example-1
User Ausar
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Explanation:

let the missing side be "X"

Therefore :9² +x²=18²

81+x²=324

x²=324-81

x²=243

√x²=√243

x=15.6

User Daniel Heinrich
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15.6
18^2-9^2 will give you 243 and the square root of 243 is approximately 15.6
Using a^2+b^2=c^2
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