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Author: Peterson, John.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 55, Problem 1A
Determine the length of a. Round the answer to 1 decimal place.
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To determine
The length of side a of the given triangle.
Answer to Problem 1A
The length of side a is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The following figure is given.
If one of the angles of any triangle is denoted by a rectangle, the angle is considered as a right angle. In the figure above, the angle B is the right angle and triangle ABC is the right-angle triangle.
To calculate the side BC, let us apply the Pythagoras theorem. According to Pythagoras theorem,
The length a of the given triangle is
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