A triangle has a leg that measures 6 and a hypotenuse of twelve. Which leg measure would form a right triangle?

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anonymous · Answer

Plug in all the pieces you know into the Pythagorean theorem, and solve for what you don't know.

anonymous · Answer

that's actuall against the rules of this website. people will walk through the steps with you, but you have to interact.

anonymous · Answer

Do you know what the pythagorean theorem is?

anonymous · Answer

they shouldn't be

anonymous · Answer

$$a^{2} + 6^{2}=12^{2}$$

anonymous · Answer

let her take it from there, NathanB

anonymous · Answer

no

anonymous · Answer

The point of this website is that you can learn. If someone just tells you the answer than your not learning.

anonymous · Answer

its hardddddd !

anonymous · Answer

Square the numbers. You end up with $$a ^{2}+36=144$$
Subtract 36 from each side, squareroot it and you get the value of a.

anonymous · Answer

so its 108 ?

anonymous · Answer

It's the square root of 108.

anonymous · Answer

thanks

anonymous · Answer

$$\sqrt{108} = 10.392304845413264 $$
or
$$6\sqrt{3}$$