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Right angle ️ with a height of 10 and a hypotenuse of 19 need to find the leg

Right angle ️ with a height of 10 and a hypotenuse of 19 need to find the leg-example-1
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In order to find x, we will use the Pythagorean theorem


c^2=a^2+b^2

where

c=19

a=10

b=x

we substitute


19^2=10^2+x^2

we isolate the x


x=\sqrt[]{19^2-10^2}=16.16

ANSWER

x=16.16

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