Question

In the box, type the number that will correctly complete the sentence.

A farmer bought a field in the shape of a right triangle. The hypotenuse was five miles long, and one leg was four miles long. The road running along the third side was Answer
miles long.

Answer 1

3 miles long

Explanation:

Given that the hypotenuse is 5, then this is a Pythagorean Triple, that is

3- 4- 5 ← right triangle

One leg is 4 then the other is 3