SOLUTION: If anyone is there.....can you tell me what to do when they only give you the hypotenuse and one of the legs lenght?

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Question 921745: If anyone is there.....can you tell me what to do when they only give you the hypotenuse and one of the legs lenght?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

when they only give you the hypotenuse and one of the legs length, you can use Pythagorean theorem and calculate the length of the other leg