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Drill: Solve for a Right Triangle's Side (generated)

Grade 8·~10 min·Common Core Math - Grade 8·container·8-g-b-7
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Solve for the Missing Side

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Each right triangle below gives two side lengths. Find the requested side. Round decimal answers to two decimal places.

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A right triangle has legs 17 and 15. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 16 and 15. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 5 and 10. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 20 and 3. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 5 and 16. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 6 and 14. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 16 and 8. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 13 and 8. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 17 and 10. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A right triangle has legs 12 and 17. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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Each right triangle below gives two side lengths. Find the requested side. Round decimal answers to two decimal places.

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 32 and one leg 16. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 29 and one leg 20. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 34 and one leg 18. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 22 and one leg 5. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 29 and one leg 14. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 36 and one leg 17. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 28 and one leg 13. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 13 and one leg 7. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 31 and one leg 19. What is the length of the other leg?

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A right triangle has hypotenuse 34 and one leg 19. What is the length of the other leg?

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