Question

(03.01 LC) What is the length of leg y of the right triangle? (1 point)

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete question is

What is the length of leg y of the right triangle?

A right triangle with hypotenuse 26 and legs 24 and y

• 10
• 14
• 24
• 26

We need to use the Pythagorean Theorem, where $h=26$ and $x=24$,

$h^{2} =x^{2} +y^{2}\\ 26^{2}=24^{2}+y^{2}\\y=\sqrt{26^{2}-24^{2}}\\ y=\sqrt{676-576}\\ y=\sqrt{100}\\ y=10$

Therefore, the right answer is A. The length of the missing leg is 10 units.