Max Z.

asked • 10/13/17

Find the length of each leg to the nearest thousandth of an inch. Find the length of the shorter leg and the longer leg.

One leg of a right triangle is three times the length of the other leg. The hypotenuse is twenty inches long.

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Scott B. answered • 10/13/17

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draw a right triangle with the hypotonus of 20 in.
One leg is x and the other leg is 3x
Use the Pythagorean theorem and solve for x. 
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Max Z.

Can you show me how to solve it. How did you get x and 3x?
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Scott B.

From the following:
 
One leg of a right triangle is three times the length of the other leg.
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