SOLUTION: One leg of a right triangle measures 5 inches; the hypotenuse measures 13 inches. What is the measure, in inches, of the other leg?
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Question 576581: One leg of a right triangle measures 5 inches; the hypotenuse measures 13 inches. What is the measure, in inches, of the other leg?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The hard way:
Use Pythagoras
so
Plug in the numbers and do the arithmetic:
You can do your own arithmetic.
The easy way:
Recognize the 5-12-13 Pythagorean Triple and report the missing side as 12 inches.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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