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  • 20-07-2016
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The leg of a right triangle is 5 units and the hypotenuse is 8 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle?

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annawilder19
annawilder19 annawilder19
  • 20-07-2016

you Use the Pythagorean theorem:

a^2+b^2=c^2

a^2+5^2=8^2

a^2+25=64  then Subtract 25 from both sides: and 
a^2=39

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