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What is the length of the missing leg?

What is the length of the missing leg?-example-1
User Zargony
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Answer: b = 8

Explanation:

Use the Pythagorean theorem

A square + B square = C square

C square - A square = B square

C square - B square = A square

10 - 6 = b --Square it

100 - 36 = 64 (square root)

64 = 8

b = 8 miles

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