Question

One leg of a right triangle is 10 units, and its hypotenuse is 12 units, What is the length of its other leg? (show your work)

Answer 1

6.6 units

Explanation:

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use Pythagorean to solve the other leg of a triangle

b =
`√(12^2 - 10^2)`

b =
`√(44)`

b = 6.6 units