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A right triangle has one leg with a length of 48 and a hypotenuse with a length of 80. What is the length of the other leg?
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A right triangle has one leg with a length of 48 and a hypotenuse with a length of 80. What is the length of the other leg?

User Abeyaz
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From the Pythagorean Theorem
80^2 = 48^2 + leg^2
leg^2 = 80^2 -48^2
leg^2 = 6,400 - 2,304
leg^2 = 4,096
leg = 64


User Nuwisam
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using the equation a^2+b^2=c^2, you can figure out that the other leg is 64 units
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