In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse c = 25 cm one of its legs a = 24 cm. Find the other leg b.
| December 12, 2020 | education
By the Pythagorean theorem (in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs):
a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 = c ^ 2
b ^ 2 = 625-576 = 49
b = 7
Answer: leg b = 7
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