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Romashka-Z-Leto [24]
3 years ago
13

The length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60 -90 triangle is 14 units. what is the length of the short leg

Mathematics
1 answer:
kifflom [539]3 years ago
6 0

Recall that the short leg is the side opposite the 30 degrees angle. And the ratio of the short leg to the hypotenuse is 1:2.

Let the length of the short leg be x, then,

\cfrac{x}{14}=\cfrac{1}{2}\\ \\\Rightarrow2x=14\\ \\\Rightarrow x=\cfrac{14}{2}=7

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