Question

Medalpolooza

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 10 yd and one leg of length 2 yd.

How long is the other leg?

Answer 1

ok for this you will be using the pythagorean thereom which is \[a^2+b^2=c^2\]

Answer 2

ok :)

Answer 3

so 2*2 is 4 and 10*10 is 100 so 4+x=100

Answer 4

subtract 4 from both sides and find the sqare root of it so 96 or 9.7

Answer 5

9.7 squared sorry

Answer 6

oh ok lol, so after i find out what 9.7 squared is, that will be the answer?

Answer 7

9.7 is your answer

Answer 8

hmm ok, thats not an answer choice so i guess i have to convert it into something

Answer 9

but thanks :)

Answer 10

what are the answers then

Answer 11

if 9.8 is one then that will be it

Answer 12

i dont know where the "radical" button on the keyboard is but ill type them out using the"/" sign as a radical sign

Answer 13

yes its 9.8 i just checked with a pythagorean thereom calculator and it came up 9.8

Answer 14

wait is it a right triangle

Answer 15

the choices say
4/6 yd
16/6 yd
2/2 yd
8 yd

Answer 16

yes a right triangle

Answer 17

yd meaning yards

Answer 18

i would say 8 yds cause that the closest answer to what im getting

Answer 19

lol ok i was thinking that too for a bit. thanks :)

Answer 20

No problem