How to find the length of the side of a right triangle

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ACT Math › How to find the length of the side of a right triangle

Questions

The legs of a right triangle are $8\ cm$ and $11\ cm$ . Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

Given a right triangle with a leg length of 2 and a hypotenuse length of √8, find the length of the other leg, x.

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Given a right triangle with a leg length of 6 and a hypotenuse length of 10, find the length of the other leg, x.

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Points $\dpi{100} \small A$ , $\dpi{100} \small B$ , and $\dpi{100} \small C$ are collinear (they lie along the same line). $\angle ACD = 90^{\circ}$ , $\angle CAD=30^{\circ}$ , $\angle CBD=60^{\circ}$ , $\overline{AD}=4$

Find the length of segment $\overline{BD}$ .

In a right triangle a hypotenuse has a length of 8 and leg has a length of 7. What is the length of the third side to the nearest tenth?

A handicap ramp is $32\textup{ feet}$ long, and a person traveling the length of the ramp goes up $4\textup{ feet}$ vertically. What horizontal distance does the ramp cover?

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