SOLUTION: Please solve. If one side of a right triangle is 12 and its hypotenuse is 15,what is the lentgh of the other side?

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Question 378976: Please solve.
If one side of a right triangle is 12 and its hypotenuse is 15,what is the lentgh of the other side?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem,
A%5E2%2BB%5E2=C%5E2
12%5E2%2BB%5E2=15%5E2
B=sqrt%28225-144%29