SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 20 mm and one leg measures 16 mm. Find the length of other leg?

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Question 918781: The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 20 mm and one leg measures 16 mm. Find the length of other leg?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

the hypotenuse of a right triangle measures and one leg measures :
to find the length of other leg use Pythagorean theorem

.....plug in and





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