Question

Me.Green tells you that a right Triangle has a hu triangle has a hypotenuse 13 and a leg of 5. She asks you to find the other leg of the triangle. What is your answer ?

Answer 1

the pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2

You have a and c already, so its 5^2+b^2=13^2

13^2 equals 169. 5^2 equals 25.

You now have 25+b^2=169

169-25=144

The square root of 144 is 12.

The other leg is 12 units