Question

The length of one leg of a right triangle is 48 ft, and the length of the hypotenuse is 50 ft. What is the length of the other leg?

14.0 feet

12.0 feet

3.5 feet

9.9 feet

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem. The answer is 14 feet.

Answer 2

other leg = √50² - 48² = √2500 - 2304 = √196 = 14 feet

Answer is A

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