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A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 feet and a leg of 7 feet. Which of these is the length of the other leg?
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A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 feet and a leg of 7 feet. Which of these is the length of the other leg?

User Edmund Sulzanok
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25^2=7^2 + x^2

x^2= 576
square both sides
x=24
User Norbert Szenasi
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25^2=7^2 + x^2
49 + x^2 = 625
x^2= 576
square both sides
x=24
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