Question

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 65 cm and the length of one leg is 55 cm.

Find the approximate length of the other leg.

Answer 1

\[C^2 = B^2 + A^2\]
Where C^2 is the hypotenuse

Answer 2

does a or b matter what the number is?

Answer 3

A and B are your legs, it doesn't matter if you use A or B when needing to figure out another legs length.

Answer 4

Your problem would be setup like
\[65^{2} = 55^{2} + A^{2}\]
But could also be
\[65^{2} = B^{2} + 55^{2}\]
Hope that clears it up