Question

HELP , medal

find the length of a missing leg of a right triangle given a leg of length 15 and a hypotenuse of length 17. Leave answer in simplest form.

a. √ 225
b. 64
c. 8
d. 5 √ 5

Answer 1

as
17^2=15^2 + x^2
289=225 + x^2
289-225=x^2
64 = x^2
\[\sqrt{64} = x\]
8 = x

Answer 2

Oh wow thanks a lot, this really helps :)