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The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13 m. The length of one leg in 5 cm. find the length of the other leg

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other leg = 12 cm

using Pythagoras' identity with x as the side to be found, then

x = √(13² - 5² ) = √(169 - 25 ) =√144 = 12


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