A right angle has an hypotenuse of length 15 and a leg of length 9. What is the length of the other leg of the triangle?

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Philip

8 October, 21:07

A right angle has an hypotenuse of length 15 and a leg of length 9. What is the length of the other leg of the triangle?

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Willie Harding · Answer 1

The second leg's length is 12.

A^2 + B^2 = C^2

Plug in your variables

9^2 + B^2 = 15^2

9^2=81

15^2=225

81 + B^2 = 225 (Subtract 81 from both sides

b^2=144

√ b2 = b ... and √144 = 12, so b is 12.

The leg length is 12.

Bernard Winters · Answer 2

Bernard Winters 8 October, 23:43

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6 is the other length i think