SOLUTION: A right triangle has one leg that is 7 centimeters. The hypotenuse is 25 centimeters. Find the length of the other leg.
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Question 37623: A right triangle has one leg that is 7 centimeters. The hypotenuse is 25 centimeters. Find the length of the other leg.
Answer by jessicaherndon(6) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
pythagorean thyorem:
asquared + bsquared= csquared
asquared + 7squared= 25 squared
asquared + 49 = 625
asquared = 576
(take sqaure root of 576)
a = 24
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