The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 14 centimeters long. One of the legs of the triangle is 6 centimeters. What is the length

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3 years ago

14

of the triangle's other leg?

1 answer:

BartSMP [9] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-09T20:16:40+03:00

Answer: 12.65 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the Pythagoras theorem,

a^2 + b^2= c^2

You are given the hypotenuse , which is c and another leg which is either a or b, does not particularly matter- rearrange to find the missing length

c^2 - b^2 = a^2

14^2 - 6^2 = 160

Square root 160 to find the missing length

12.65

Hope this helped :)