Question

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 19 em and its hypotenuse measures 20
cm. Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem;
A^2 +B^2 =C^2
C is the hypotenuse
The equation will be 19^2 + x^2 =20^2
“X is the Messing leg”

The answer is 6.2