Question

If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 inches and a leg of 5 inches, how could you use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side? What is the length of the missing side?

Answer 1

You would use 13 as C and 5 as A or B set it up like a normal equation the square of 13 is 169 and the square of 5 is 25 subtract to get 144 square root to give you the answer of 12 

15,12, 5

Answer 2

12,5,13 are Pythagorean triplets..

so, missing side will be 12 inches

hope it helps


Hyp^2 = Base^2 + perpendicular^2