Question

Given one leg of a right triangle Is 5cm and the hypotenuse is 13m, find the other leg.

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

a+b=c

a+5=13

-5

8

the missing leg would be 8

8+5=13/a+b=c

Answer 2

use the pythagorean theorem:

`a^2+b^2=c^2\\5^2+b^2=13^2\\25+b^2=169\\b^2=144\\b=12`