The length of one leg of a right triangle is 21 ft and the length of the hypotenuse is 29 ft. What is the length of the other leg?

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Answer:b

Explanation:

Shahram Kalantari answered Feb 13, 2018

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The length of the other leg is 20 ft.
a^2 x b^2 = c^2
21^2 x b^2 = 29^2
441 x b^2 = 841
b^2 = 841-441
b^2 = 400
b =
√(400)

b = 20

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