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All right triangles high-protein news is 17 minutes long. On. How long is the other leg?

All right triangles high-protein news is 17 minutes long. On. How long is the other-example-1

1 Answer

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Given

Hypotenuse = 17 units

one of the leg is 15 units

Find

length of other leg

Step-by-step explanation

Here , we apply pythagoras theorem


\begin{gathered} H^2=P^2+B^2 \\ \end{gathered}

length of other side =


\begin{gathered} √(17^2-15^2) \\ √(289-225) \\ √(64) \\ 8 \end{gathered}

Final Answer

Hence, the length of other leg is 8 units.

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