Question

Given the following information, find the length of the missing side. Leave your answer as a simplified radical.

Answer 1

Answer:

6√3

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the long leg first we have to find the short leg because to find the long leg we need to use short · √3.

hypotenuse =12, short = 1/2 of hypotenuse so short leg = 6 and finally long leg = 6√3

Answer 2

Answer:

Long = 6√3

Step-by-step explanation:

Reference angle = 30°

Hypotenuse = 12

Long = Adjacent = ?

Apply CAH:

Cos 30 = Adj/Hyp

Cos 30 = Long/12

12*cos 30 = Long

12*√3/2 = long (cos 30 = √3/2)

6√3 = long

Long = 6√3