Explanation
Correct answer: 36.
It’s given that side is the hypotenuse of right triangle . It’s also given that the length of side is and the length of side is . It follows that sides and are the legs of triangle . The Pythagorean theorem states that for a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two legs is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. Let represent the length of side . By the Pythagorean theorem, , or . Subtracting from both sides of this equation yields . Taking the positive square root of both sides of this equation yields . Therefore, the length of side is .
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