Question

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the leg in the triangle below.25Provide your answer below:b=

Answer 1

Given the picture attached, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve it:

$a^2+b^2=c^2$

Where a and b are the legs on the right triangle and c hypotenuse.

Hence:

$\begin{gathered} b^2=c^2-a^2 \\ b=\sqrt{c^2-a^2} \\ b=\sqrt{25^2-7^2} \\ b=24 \end{gathered}$

ANSWER

b = 24