Question

A triangle has a leg that measures 6 and a hypotenuse of 12. what measure would form a right triangle?

Answer 1

\[a^2+b^2=c^2\]
c=hypotenuse
a and b are the rest of the sides.

Answer 2

c=12
a=6
b is the side you are looking for. Plug in the values and solve for b

Answer 3

h=12
base=6
height=?

applying pythagorus-\[12^{2}=6^{2}+height^{2}\]
\[12^{2}-6^{2}=height^{2}\]
\[144-36=height^{2}\]
\[108=height^{2}\]
\[\sqrt{108}=height\]

Answer 4

thanks!

Answer 5

How is this possible you may ask. This is pythagoras theorem. If you want more information you can just google pythagoras theorem