A triangle has a hypotenuse of 153 centimeters and a leg of 72 centimeters what is the length of the other leg

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Pythagorean theorem =
$\sqrt{a^(2) + b^2 +c^2 }$
Since you only have
a^(2)

and

you change the equation to
√(c^2 - a^2 = b^2)

Giving you
$\sqrt{153^2 - 72^2$ = 135

Wemu answered Nov 18, 2018

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