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What is the missing leg in the following expression below?

What is the missing leg in the following expression below?-example-1

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The figure shows a right triangle with a hypotenuse of lengths c = 65 and one of the legs of length a = 60.

The other leg can be calculated by using the Pythagorean Theorem:


a^2+b^2=c^2

Solving for b:


b=√(c^2-a^2)

Substituting:


b=√(65^2-60^2)

Calculating:


\begin{gathered} b=√(4225-3600) \\ \\ b=√(625)=25 \end{gathered}

The missing leg is 25

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