Determine the length of one leg of a right triangle if one leg has a length of 8 inches and the hypotenuse has length 10 inches?

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Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

6 in.

Step-by-step explanation:

you can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem.  

hypotenuse squared = leg squared = the other leg squared.  

You have one leg is 8 and the hypotenuse is 10.  Let the missing leg = x

So, [tex]10^{2}[/tex] = [tex]8^{2}[/tex] + [tex]x^{2}[/tex]

100 = 64 + [tex]x^{2}[/tex]

36 = [tex]x^{2}[/tex]

x = [tex]\sqrt{36}[/tex] = 6