Question

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 15 and a leg of length 9 what is the length of the other leg of the triangle be sure to draw a picture and show all your work

Answer 1

First, we need to draw the right triangle and the given measures:

We need to find the missing leg using the Pythagorean Theorem:

`h^2=l^2+x^2`

Where h represents the hypotenuse.

l represents the given side and x represents the missing side length.

Solve for x:

`x=√(h^2-l^2)`

eplacoig:

`x=√(15^2-9^2)`

Hence, te misising side length is 12.

`x=12`