A right triangle has a leg of length 25 yards and a hypotenuse of length 34 yards. Find the length of the other leg. Provide an answer accurate to the nearest tenth.
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The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. Let's denote the length of the other leg as x. According to the Pythagorean theorem, we Show more…
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