The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13 and one leg is 5. What is the other leg?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 12
- Step 1: a squared + b squared = c squared. Step 2. b squared = 169 - 25 = 144, so b = 12. Answer: 12. Why not the others: these do not give 169 when squared and added to 25.
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