Question

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13 m. The length of one leg is 5 cm. Find the length of the other leg.

Answer 1

12 cm, use the pythagorean theorem: a^2+b^2=c^2
5^2+b^2=13^2
25+b^2=169
b^2=144
b=12
12 cm