Question

One leg of a right triangle measures 15 m and the hypotenuse measures 17 m. What is the measure of the other leg?

Answer 1

You can use the same concept as your last question but this time, plug in 17 for c and 15 for a... solve for b to get the length of the leg.

Answer 2

a^2+b^2 = c^2 where c is the hypotenuse.
We are given 17 is the hypotenuse. Hence
17^2 = 15^2 + b^2
17^2 - 15^2 = b^2
64 = b^2
b = 8

Answer 3

(at the end, square root both sides)

Answer 4

When you are asked to find a length of a triangle, you can generally use the formula a^2+b^2=c^2 where a and b are legs and c is the hypotenuse. :)

Answer 5

thank you