Since this is a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the missing side.
The Pythagorean theorem states that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. Algebraically, this is represented as
a²+b² = c²
We have the measure of one leg, 4 in. We also have the measure of the hypotenuse, 5 in. This gives us
The equation for finding the hypotneus of a right triangle is so we know that 4²+b²=5² so that would simplify as 16+b=25 so x=25-16 which is 9 so therefore we can conclude that
If multiplying by 1/4 makes a positive number smaller then dividing by 1/4 makes the number its being dividing to see how many times 1/4 can be put into that number. For Example,
