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The triangle has a right angle and two known side lengths.

What is the unknown side length rounded to the nearest tenth?

The triangle has a right angle and two known side lengths. What is the unknown side-example-1

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Answer: 17.6

Step-by-step explanation: Since you don't know one of the sides, you have to do the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2 so

210.25 + 100 = 310.25 so then you do the square root of 310.25, which is 17.6 when you round to the nearest tenth, so x = 17.6

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