Question

A right triangle has a leg of 12 cm and a hypotenuse of 19 cm.

What is the length of the other leg?

Round to the nearest tenth.
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7.0 cm

14.7 cm

22.5 cm

217.0 cm

Answer 1

14.7 cm

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras Theorem,

The length of the other leg

`= \sqrt{ {19}^(2) - {12}^(2) }`

`= √(217)`

`= 14.730919...`

= 14.7 cm (rounded to the nearest tenth)