Question

In a 30-60-90 special right triangle, if long leg is 5√3 then the short leg = ___, and the hypotenuse is ____

Answer 1

short = 5, hypotenuse = 10

Explanation:

In a 30-60-90 triangle, the long leg is x√3, the short leg is x, and the hypothenuse is 2x.

As the long leg is 5√3, we can see that x is 5. So, the short leg would be 5 and the hypothenuse would be 2x5, which is 10.