College Algebra: Graphs and Models (Looseleaf) (Package)
College Algebra: Graphs and Models (Looseleaf) (Package)
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Author: BITTINGER
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Chapter J.28, Problem 1E

Find the length of the third side of each right triangle. Where appropriate give both an exact answer and an approximation to three decimal places.

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Chapter J.28, Problem 1E, Find the length of the third side of each right triangle. Where appropriate give both an exact

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The length of the third side of the given right triangle.

Answer to Problem 1E

The length of the third side of the given right triangle is 17.

Explanation of Solution

Theorem used:

In any right triangle, if a and b are the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse, then the Pythagorean equation is a2+b2=c2.

Calculation:

From the given figure, it is clear that the length of the legs are 15 and 8.

Use Pythagorean Theorem and obtain the length of the side c as follows.

a2+b2=c282+152=c264+225=c2

On further simplifications,

289=c2289=c      (Taking square root on both sides)17=c

Therefore, the length of the third side of the given right triangle is 17.

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College Algebra: Graphs and Models (Looseleaf) (Package)

Ch. J.2 - Prob. 5ECh. J.2 - Prob. 6ECh. J.2 - Prob. 7ECh. J.2 - Prob. 8ECh. J.2 - Prob. 9ECh. J.2 - Prob. 10ECh. J.3 - Classify the inequality as true or false. 1. 9 9Ch. J.3 - Prob. 2ECh. J.3 - Classify the inequality as true or false. 3. 265Ch. J.3 - Prob. 4ECh. J.3 - Prob. 5ECh. J.3 - Prob. 6ECh. J.4 - Simplify. 1. |98|Ch. J.4 - Prob. 2ECh. J.4 - Prob. 3ECh. J.4 - Prob. 4ECh. J.4 - Prob. 5ECh. J.4 - Prob. 6ECh. J.4 - Prob. 7ECh. J.4 - Prob. 8ECh. J.5 - Compute and simplify. 1. 8 (11)Ch. J.5 - Compute and simplify. 2. 310(13)Ch. J.5 - Prob. 3ECh. J.5 - Prob. 4ECh. J.5 - Prob. 5ECh. J.5 - Prob. 6ECh. J.5 - Prob. 7ECh. J.5 - Prob. 8ECh. J.5 - Prob. 9ECh. J.5 - Prob. 10ECh. J.5 - Prob. 11ECh. J.5 - Compute and simplify. 12. 1223Ch. J.5 - Prob. 13ECh. J.5 - Prob. 14ECh. J.5 - Prob. 15ECh. J.6 - Write interval notation. 1. {x| 5 x 5}Ch. J.6 - Prob. 2ECh. J.6 - Write interval notation. 3. {x | x 2}Ch. J.6 - Write interval notation. 4. {x | x 3.8}Ch. J.6 - Prob. 5ECh. J.6 - Prob. 6ECh. J.6 - Prob. 7ECh. J.6 - Prob. 8ECh. J.6 - Prob. 9ECh. J.6 - Write interval notation for the graph. 10.Ch. J.7 - Simplify. 1. 36Ch. J.7 - Prob. 2ECh. J.7 - Prob. 3ECh. J.7 - Prob. 4ECh. J.7 - Prob. 5ECh. J.7 - Prob. 6ECh. J.7 - Prob. 7ECh. J.7 - Prob. 8ECh. J.7 - Prob. 9ECh. J.7 - Prob. 10ECh. J.8 - Convert to scientific notation. 1. 18,500,000Ch. J.8 - Prob. 2ECh. J.8 - Prob. 3ECh. J.8 - Prob. 4ECh. J.8 - Convert to decimal notation. 5.4.3 108Ch. J.8 - Prob. 6ECh. J.8 - Convert to decimal notation. 7.6.203 1011Ch. J.8 - Prob. 8ECh. J.9 - Calculate. 1. 3 + 18 6 3Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 2. 5 3 + 8 32 + 4(6 2)Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 3. 5(3 8 32 + 4 6 2)Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 4. 16 4 4 2 256Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 5. 26 23 210 28Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 6. 4(86)243+2831+190Ch. J.9 - Calculate. 7. 64 [(4) (2)]Ch. J.9 - Prob. 8ECh. J.10 - Determine the degree of the polynomial. 1. 5 x6Ch. J.10 - Prob. 2ECh. J.10 - Prob. 3ECh. J.10 - Prob. 4ECh. J.10 - Prob. 5ECh. J.10 - Prob. 6ECh. J.10 - Prob. 7ECh. J.10 - Prob. 8ECh. J.11 - Add or subtract. 1. (8y 1) (3 y)Ch. J.11 - Add or subtract. 2. (3x2 2x x3 + 2) (5x2 8x ...Ch. J.11 - Prob. 3ECh. J.11 - Prob. 4ECh. J.11 - Prob. 5ECh. J.12 - Prob. 1ECh. J.12 - Prob. 2ECh. J.12 - Prob. 3ECh. J.12 - Prob. 4ECh. J.12 - Prob. 5ECh. J.12 - Prob. 6ECh. J.13 - Multiply. 1. (x + 3)2Ch. J.13 - Multiply. 2. (5x 3)2Ch. J.13 - Multiply. 3. (2x + 3y)2Ch. J.13 - Prob. 4ECh. J.13 - Multiply. 5. (n + 6) (n 6)Ch. J.13 - Prob. 6ECh. J.14 - Factor out the largest common factor. 1. 3x + 18Ch. J.14 - Prob. 2ECh. J.14 - Prob. 3ECh. J.14 - Prob. 4ECh. J.14 - Prob. 5ECh. J.14 - Prob. 6ECh. J.14 - Prob. 7ECh. J.14 - Prob. 8ECh. J.14 - Prob. 9ECh. J.14 - Prob. 10ECh. J.14 - Prob. 11ECh. J.14 - Prob. 12ECh. J.15 - Factor. 1. 8x2 6x 9Ch. J.15 - Factor. 2. 10t2 + 4t 6Ch. J.15 - Factor. 3. 18a2 51a + 15Ch. J.16 - Factor the difference of squares. 1. z2 81Ch. J.16 - Factor the difference of squares. 2. 16x2 9Ch. J.16 - Factor the difference of squares. 3. 7pq4 7py4Ch. J.16 - Factor the square of a binomial. 4. x2 + 12x + 36Ch. J.16 - Prob. 5ECh. J.16 - Factor the square of a binomial. 6. a3 + 24a2 +...Ch. J.16 - Factor the sum or the difference of cubes. 7. x3 +...Ch. J.16 - Factor the sum or the difference of cubes. 8. m3 ...Ch. J.16 - Prob. 9ECh. J.16 - Prob. 10ECh. J.17 - Prob. 1ECh. J.17 - Prob. 2ECh. J.17 - Prob. 3ECh. J.17 - Prob. 4ECh. J.17 - Solve. 5. 7y 1 = 23 5yCh. J.17 - Prob. 6ECh. J.17 - Prob. 7ECh. J.17 - Solve. 8. 5y 4 (2y 10) = 25Ch. J.18 - Prob. 1ECh. J.18 - Prob. 2ECh. J.18 - Prob. 3ECh. J.18 - Prob. 4ECh. J.18 - Prob. 5ECh. J.18 - Prob. 6ECh. J.19 - Prob. 1ECh. J.19 - Prob. 2ECh. J.19 - Prob. 3ECh. J.19 - Prob. 4ECh. J.19 - Prob. 5ECh. J.19 - Prob. 6ECh. J.19 - Prob. 7ECh. J.19 - Prob. 8ECh. J.20 - Prob. 1ECh. J.20 - Prob. 2ECh. J.20 - Prob. 3ECh. J.20 - Prob. 4ECh. J.20 - Prob. 5ECh. J.20 - Prob. 6ECh. J.21 - Prob. 1ECh. J.21 - Prob. 2ECh. J.21 - Prob. 3ECh. J.21 - Prob. 4ECh. J.21 - Prob. 5ECh. J.21 - Prob. 6ECh. J.22 - Prob. 1ECh. J.22 - Prob. 2ECh. J.22 - Prob. 3ECh. J.22 - Prob. 4ECh. J.22 - Prob. 5ECh. J.22 - Prob. 6ECh. J.23 - Prob. 1ECh. J.23 - Prob. 2ECh. J.23 - Prob. 3ECh. J.23 - Prob. 4ECh. J.23 - Prob. 5ECh. J.23 - Prob. 6ECh. J.24 - Simplify. 1. xyyx1y+1xCh. J.24 - Prob. 2ECh. J.24 - Prob. 3ECh. J.24 - Prob. 4ECh. J.24 - Simplify. 5. abba1a1b Note: b a = 1(a b)Ch. J.25 - Prob. 1ECh. J.25 - Prob. 2ECh. J.25 - Prob. 3ECh. J.25 - Prob. 4ECh. J.25 - Prob. 5ECh. J.25 - Prob. 6ECh. J.25 - Prob. 7ECh. J.25 - Prob. 8ECh. J.25 - Prob. 9ECh. J.25 - Prob. 10ECh. J.25 - Prob. 11ECh. J.25 - Prob. 12ECh. J.25 - Prob. 13ECh. J.25 - Prob. 14ECh. J.25 - Prob. 15ECh. J.25 - Prob. 16ECh. J.25 - Prob. 17ECh. J.25 - Prob. 18ECh. J.25 - Prob. 19ECh. J.25 - Prob. 20ECh. J.26 - Prob. 1ECh. J.26 - Prob. 2ECh. J.26 - Prob. 3ECh. J.26 - Prob. 4ECh. J.26 - Prob. 5ECh. J.26 - Prob. 6ECh. J.26 - Prob. 7ECh. J.26 - Prob. 8ECh. J.27 - Prob. 1ECh. J.27 - Prob. 2ECh. J.27 - Prob. 3ECh. J.27 - Prob. 4ECh. J.27 - Prob. 5ECh. J.27 - Prob. 6ECh. J.27 - Prob. 7ECh. J.27 - Convert to exponential notation. 8. x5Ch. J.27 - Prob. 9ECh. J.27 - Prob. 10ECh. J.27 - Prob. 11ECh. J.28 - Find the length of the third side of each right...Ch. J.28 - Find the length of the third side of each right...Ch. J.28 - Find the length of the third side of each right...Ch. J.28 - Find the length of the third side of each right...Ch. J.28 - Find the length of the third side of each right...
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