If the longer leg of a 30º-60º-90º triangle is inches long, what is the length of the hypotenuse? Leave you answer in radical form.

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anonymous · Answer

you must have left something out

anonymous · Answer

16 square root 3

anonymous · Answer

is what inches long? where does the 16 radical 3 go?

anonymous · Answer

If the longer leg of a 30º-60º-90º triangle is 16 radical 3 inches long, what is the length of the hypotenuse? Leave you answer in radical form.

anonymous · Answer

cos 30° = 16 sqrt 3 / hypotenuse
hypotenuse = 16 sqrt 3 / cos 30°
hypotenuse = 32 inches