Question

13What is the length of the missing leg in the triangle below?15 yd12 ydbb=yards.

Answer 1

Using Pythagoras theorem,

$\begin{gathered} \text{Hypotenuse}^2=Base^2+titude^2 \\ 15^2=b^2+12^2 \\ 225=b^2+144 \\ 225-144=b^2 \\ 81=b^2 \\ \sqrt[]{81}=b \\ 9=b \end{gathered}$

Therefore, b