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A right triangle has a hypotenuse with length 17 and a leg with length 10. How long is the triangle's other leg?

A right triangle has a hypotenuse with length 17 and a leg with length 10. How long is the triangle's other leg?
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A right triangle has a hypotenuse

with length 17 and a leg with
length 10. How long is the
triangle's other leg?

User Flarkmarup
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Answer:


3√(21)

Explanation:

By the Pythagorean theorem,


√(17^2-10^2)=√(189)=3√(21)

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