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HELPPPPPP how do you find the height of a right triangle

User Jdruwe
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Answer:

Use Pythagorean Theorem

Explanation:

a²+b²=c²

You need to find the height, which means you have a and c. You square a and c, subtract a from c, then find the square root of that difference. Now you have b.

EXAMPLE:

a=3, c=6

3²+b²=6²

9+b²=36

-9 -9

b²=27

sqrt of 27 is 5.2. So the side is 5.2

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hope it helps

User Eric Meadows
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Answer:

The height of any right triangle is just simply the many units that are going up but it has to start from the right angle and upwards and that would be your height.

It may already give you a height so there is no need to worry if so.

Here, in this case the side on the very left is my height:

HELPPPPPP how do you find the height of a right triangle-example-1
User HaloMediaz
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