In a right-angled triangle, the legs and hypotinus are 16 and 20, respectively. Find the other leg of this triangular.

To solve this problem, we will use the Pythagorean theorem, that is, we define the leg as the square root of the difference between the squares of the hypotenuse and the known leg.

√ (20 ^ 2 – 16 ^ 2) = √ (400 – 256) = √144 = 12.

Answer: the length of the leg you are looking for in the task is 12.



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