SOLUTION: If one side of a right triangle is 12 and its hypotenuse is 13, what is the length of the other side?

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Question 125049This question is from textbook Structure and Method Book 1
: If one side of a right triangle is 12 and its hypotenuse is 13, what is the length of the other side? This question is from textbook Structure and Method Book 1

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let a=12, c=13
a^2+b^2=c^2
144+b^2=169
144-144+b^2=169-144
b^2=25
b=+-5 take sqrt of both sides
b=5 the only answer for this problem.
Ed