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3 years ago

Find the area of right triangle. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

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1 answer:

Finger [1]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

b. 24 yd

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, since we have a right triangle we have to apply the Pythagorean Theorem:, to find the missing side.

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

Where c is the hypotenuse of the triangle (10 yd) and a and b are the other sides.

Replacing with the values given:

10^2 = 6^2 + b^2

100 = 36+b^2

100-36 = b^2

64 = b^2

√64 = b

b= 8

Now, we can calculate the area:

A =1/2x base x height = 1/2 x 8 x 6 = 24 yd

Feel free to ask for more if needed or if you did not understand something.

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The probability that a random selected student score is greater than 76 is $\\ P(x>76) = 0.99865$ .

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The Normally distributed data are described by the normal distribution. This distribution is determined by two parameters, the population mean $\\ \mu$ and the population standard deviation $\\ \sigma$ .

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First: obtain the z-score for the raw score x = 76.

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$\\ x = 76$

From equation [1], we have:

$\\ z = \frac{76 - 85}{3}$

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We can see below a graph showing this probability.

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