Question

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 17 cm long . If one of the remaining two sides is of length 8 cm , Find the length of the third side .

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Answer 1

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Let the length of the unkown side be AB cm.

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* Solution *

Hypotenuse = 10 cm

Let Base = 8 cm

Now, by pythagoras theorem,

Hypotenuse 2

=Perpendicular 2 +Base 210 2

= P 2 + 8 2100 = p 2 + 64p 2

= 36p 2

= 6 2

p=6

Hence, length of other side is 6 cm.