SOLUTION: If you dont have both legs but only 1 leg and 1 hypothenus what do you do

Question 777208: If you dont have both legs but only 1 leg and 1 hypothenus what do you do
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As long as you have 2 sides of a right triangle, you can use Pythagoras to find the third side. You can just solve for the square of the side you want to find.
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EXAMPLE:
hypotenuse = 5feet, known leg = 3feet, other leg = x feet
Pythagoras says:

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