Exercise 2 Page 514

To find the missing side of the triangle, we will use the Pythagorean Theorem. a^2+b^2=c^2In the formula, a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. We are given a triangle with a=10, b=x, and c=y. Notice that, the legs of our triangle are congruent. Therefore, we immediately have that x=10.

Let's substitute these values into the formula and solve for y.

Since a negative side length does not make sense, we only need to consider positive solutions.