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StevenSolis StevenSolis
  • 26-04-2015
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A brace for a shelf has the shape of a right triangle. Its hypotenuse is 16 inches long and the two legs are equal in length. How long are the legs of the triangle?

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jclainwizard
jclainwizard jclainwizard
  • 26-04-2015

using pythag a^2+b^2=16^2
16^2=256
and since a=b the equation is 2x^2=256
/ each side by 2
x^2=128
x=sq rt of 128=11.31 roughly

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