△BCD is a right triangle. The length of the hypotenuse is 18 centimeters. The length of one of the legs is 14 centimeters. What is the length of the other leg?

The answer to your question is   b = 11.31 cm  or   8 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

hypotenuse = 18 cm

one leg = 14 cm

second leg = ?

Process

1.- Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this problem

                 c² = a² + b²

c = hypotenuse

a = longer leg

b= shorter leg

2.- Substitution

                        18² = 14² + b²

-Solve for b

                         b² = 18² - 14²

-Simplify

                         b² = 324 - 196

                         b² = 128

-Find the prime factors of 128

                          128   2

                            64  2

                             32  2

                             16  2

                              8  2

                              4  2

                              2  2

                               1

          128 = 2⁶2¹                                    

-Result

                         b = 11.31   or   8

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the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet