SOLUTION: How do you solve 85 as the hypotenuse and 50 as the A leg, how do you find the missing leg B?

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Question 1178652: How do you solve 85 as the hypotenuse and 50 as the A leg, how do you find the missing leg B?
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if is the and is the leg, then find the missing leg could be found using Pythagorean theorem because you have right triangle here







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