The length of the longer leg of a 30-60-90 triangle is 18. What is the length of the short leg? What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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The length of the longer leg of a 30-60-90 triangle is 18. What is the length of the short leg? What is the length of the
hypotenuse?
1)
A)
short leg = 6/3: hypotenuse = 123
B)
short leg 62; hypotenuse = 12 2
C)
short leg 6; hypotenuse =
D)
short leg 9: hypotenuse = 93
Transcribed Image Text:The length of the longer leg of a 30-60-90 triangle is 18. What is the length of the short leg? What is the length of the hypotenuse? 1) A) short leg = 6/3: hypotenuse = 123 B) short leg 62; hypotenuse = 12 2 C) short leg 6; hypotenuse = D) short leg 9: hypotenuse = 93
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