Question

MEDAL!!! The leg of a right triangle is 3 units and the hypotenuse is 11 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle?

Answer 1

@AndrewTheCookie

Answer 2

do you know the pythagorean thoerem?

Answer 3

i dont understand it though. I'm not good at math at all!

Answer 4

the pythagorean theorem says that[\c^2=a^2+b^2\]which side is the hypotenuse?

Answer 5

\[c^2=a^2+b^2\]

Answer 6

the right side.

Answer 7

square root 112?

Answer 8

no i meant in the picture i drew, which letter is the hypotenuse?

Answer 9

@TuringTest

Answer 10

a

Answer 11

no, it is c
the hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle

Answer 12

so put the numbers given in the problem into the formula\[c^2=a^2+b^2\]

Answer 13

@AlexandervonHumboldt2

Answer 14

11^2-3^2

Answer 15

by pyth theorem

Answer 16

132 @mathstudent55

Answer 17

121-9=112

Answer 18

112

Answer 19

@chosenmatt

Answer 20

square root?