Question

a right triangle has a leg length of 48 in and an hypotenuse of 80 in, what is the length of the other leg?

Answer 1

use the pythagorean theorem: \(\large (hypotenuse)^2=(leg_1)^2+(leg_2)^2 \)

Answer 2

lol I got 4096..

Answer 3

I think it's 70 in

Answer 4

or if you don't want to work with large numbers, notice that 48 = 16*3 and 80=16*5.
they both have a common factor of 16 so just work with a leg of 3 and hypotenuse of 5... just be sure to multiply your answer by 16 at the end..

Answer 5

is it 56 in?

Answer 6

@dpaInc

Answer 7

how did you get 56?

Answer 8

while we're at it, how did you get 70?

Answer 9

even if one of them is correct i need to see how you got it so i can say, "yes, it's correct"