SOLUTION: What do I do if I am given the hypotenuse and need to find the length of a leg? And reverse?

Question 356089: What do I do if I am given the hypotenuse and need to find the length of a leg? And reverse?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, Alan3354:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the legs of the right triangle be leg1 and leg2
the formula is leg1^2 +leg2^2= hypotenuse ^2
just plug the two values to get the third.
hypotenuse^2-leg1^2=leg2^2
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take square root of the calculated value
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a right triangle, if you know 2 sides you can find the 3rd.

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