A right triangle has side lengths of 4 unit's, 5 unit's and x units. It is unkown If the missing length is the longest or shortest side round to the nearest 10th what is the difference between possible x values

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Sadie Montoya

Mathematics

30 December, 14:25

A right triangle has side lengths of 4 unit's, 5 unit's and x units. It is unkown If the missing length is the longest or shortest side round to the nearest 10th what is the difference between possible x values

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Oswaldo Baird · Answer 1

If x is the hypotenuse then

hyp^2 = 4^2 + 5^2

hyp^2 = 41

hypotenuse = 6.403124

if x is a leg then

leg^2 = 5^2 - 4^2

leg^2 = 25 - 16

leg^2 = 9

leg = 3