Question

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the leg in the triangle below.25Provide your answer below:b=

Answer 1

Given the picture attached, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve it:

`a^2+b^2=c^2`

Where a and b are the legs on the right triangle and c hypotenuse.

Hence:

`\begin{gathered} b^2=c^2-a^2 \\ b=√(c^2-a^2) \\ b=√(25^2-7^2) \\ b=24 \end{gathered}`

ANSWER

b = 24