(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I need help with some homework. If c represents the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle and a and b represents the lengths of the legs, solve for the length of the missing side in each case. Express your answers in in simplest radical form and then as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
a=9 and c=18
9^2+b^2=18^2
81+b^2=324
i need to subtract the 81 from 324 giving me 243 i need to find the 2 perfect squares that go into it.

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I'll see If I can work it out, seems pretty hard to be honest. Hmm, let's see how I do with this..

Oh ok well now i know for next time and i know it's semi hard and its high school algebra 1.
Thanks for the help.
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It would need to be 2 different numbers like the square root of 52 is 4 and 13 c=2 to the square root of 13 and then you would need to get that to a decimal.

What grade/level is this for?

right if you have the hypotenuse(the longest side), then you take the other side given away from it. So call the hyp C and the other side given a C squared-A squared. Then square root it. Tell me if that helps

This is for 9th grade and algebra 1.
And i know i got the hypotenuse minus the a square now i need to figure out the square root of 243 and put that in simplified radical form and a decimal.

its not a perfect square number just square root it, unless its a non calculator paper

I figured it out after like forever. 243 divided by 9=27 square root of 9=3 and square root of 27 is 9.