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The leg of a right triangle is 4 units and the hypotenuse is 9 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle

1)97 square root
2)97
3)65 square root
4)65

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3) 65 square root is the answer
User Rum
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H^(2) = a^(2)+ b^(2)

9^(2) = 4^(2) + b^(2)
81=16+
b^(2)
81-16=
b^(2)
65=
b^(2)
b=
√(65)
b= 8.06 units
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