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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 37 mm. One leg of the right triangle is 12 mm. What is the length of the other leg?
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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 37 mm. One leg of the right triangle is 12 mm. What is the length of the other leg?
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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 37 mm. One leg of the right triangle is 12 mm. What is the length of the other leg?
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The other leg is 35cm long
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We can use Pythagorean Theorem which states that a^2 + b^2 = c^2 in a right triangle where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse.
12^2 + b^2 = 37^2
b^2 = 37^2 - 12^2
b^2 = 1225
b = sqrt(1225)
b = 35
The other leg is 35 mm.
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