Question

Please help !!!! The leg of a right triangle is 2 units and the hypotenuse is 5 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle?

3

Square root of 29

Square root of 21

7

Answer 1

`√(21)`

Explanation:

Use the pythagorean theoreom, a^2+b^2=c^2.

We know the hypontenuse and one of the sdes

a^2+2^2=5^2

a^2+4=25

subract four from both sides to isolate variable

a^2=21

square root both sides and you have the answer of sq root 21!

Edit: the answer for your next question is the last one b/c it satisfies the Pythagorean Theorem