SOLUTION: In a right traingel ABC one leg is 7 inches and the hypotenuse is 20 inches, find the other leg.
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Question 107381: In a right traingel ABC one leg is 7 inches and the hypotenuse is 20 inches, find the other leg.
Answer by Annabelle1(69) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We use Pythagoras' theorem.
c is your hypotenuse
so we have
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