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Find the length of the leg of a right triangle with leg length inches and the hypotenuse inches. Use a calculator to estimate the square root to one decimal place. The length of the leg is approximately ______inches.

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we have

find a, we used the pythagorean theorem, this is:


\begin{gathered} a^2+b^2=c^2 \\ a^2+(21.5)^2=(31.9)^2 \\ a^2+462.25=1017.61 \\ a^2+462.25-462.25=1017.61-462.25 \\ a^2=555.36 \\ a=\sqrt[]{555.36} \\ a=23.6 \end{gathered}

answer: a is approximately 23.6 inches

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