The hypotenuse and shorter leg of a triangle is $7\sqrt{2}$ meters and $4\sqrt{2}$ meters consecutively, what is the length of the other leg? Express your answer in decimal form. Round off your answer in two decimal places. Answer: 66
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22 meters and one side length of 0.4 meters. We want to find the length of the other side. Using the Pythagorean theorem, we know that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. So, we can set up Show more…
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