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Georgia [21]
3 years ago
7

If a right triangle has a hypotenuse equal to 17 and a leg equal to 15, find the third side.

Mathematics
1 answer:
Yanka [14]3 years ago
8 0
Use the pythagorean theorem a.k.a{a}^{2} +  {b}^{2}  =  {c}^{2}
c is the hypotenuse while a & b are the legs
{15}^{2}   +  {b}^{2} =  {17}^{2}
225 + {b}^{2} = 289
subtract 225 from 289
{b}^{2}  = 64
square root both b and 64
the other leg is equal to 8
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