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  • 25-02-2021
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What is the length of the missing leg?

What is the length of the missing leg class=

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agoyal7011
agoyal7011 agoyal7011
  • 25-02-2021

Answer:

b = 24

explanation:

you use the Pythagorean theorem.

a^2 + b^2 =c^2

so we do 32^2 + x^2 = 40^2 then solve

32 squared is 1024 and 40 square is 1600 so you minus the 2 and get 576 then you square root 576 and you finally answer is 24

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