Question

All right triangles high-protein news is 17 minutes long. On. How long is the other leg?

Answer 1

Given

Hypotenuse = 17 units

one of the leg is 15 units

Find

length of other leg

Explanation

Here , we apply pythagoras theorem

$\begin{gathered} H^2=P^2+B^2 \\ \end{gathered}$

length of other side =

$\begin{gathered} \sqrt{17^2-15^2} \\ \sqrt{289-225} \\ \sqrt{64} \\ 8 \end{gathered}$

Final Answer

Hence, the length of other leg is 8 units.