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The leg of a right triangle is 3 units and the hypotenuse is 6 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle? (5 points)

The leg of a right triangle is 3 units and the hypotenuse is 6 units. What is the-example-1
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Answer:

a. rad27

Explanation:

we can use a2+b2=c2 where c is the hypotonuse.

we plug in 3^2+b2=6^2

9+b^2=36

b^2=27

then do a rad over each to get rid of the ^2 on the b

b=rad 27

answer is rad27

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