Question

The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 6cm and one of its legs measures 3cm.Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

square root of 27, 5.2

Explanation:

(I know I'm late but-)

3^2+b^2=6^2

9+b^2=36

b^2=27

Answer 2

5.2

Explanation:

a^2+b^2=c^2

Where c is the length of hypotenuse

and a, b are lengths of the legs.

Put in 6 for c,

Put in 3 for a and you get 9+b^2=36

Subtract 9 from both sides and get b^2= 27

Then find the square root of both sides to get b, so the answer is the square root of 27.

The cloest square root is 5, then apporixmate the tenths value and see if they work.

Answer: 5.2