Question

Miss Green tells you that a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 and a leg of 5 she asked you to find the other leg of the triangle what is your answer

Answer 1

the answer is 12. you have to use pythagorean theorem

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Answer 2

The other leg of the triangle is 12.

Explanation:

Given:

Hypotenuse of triangle is 13 and a leg(Leg1) is 5.

Let, the other leg of the triangle (Leg2) be
`x`.

Now, putting the formula:

`(Hypotenuse)^(2)=(Leg1)^(2)+(Leg2)^(2)`

⇒
`13^(2) =5^(2) +x^(2)`

⇒
`169=25+x^(2)`

⇒
`169-25=x^(2)`

⇒
`144=x^(2)`

Taking square root both sides

⇒
`12=x`

⇒
`x=12`.

Therefore, the other leg of the triangle is 12.