The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 103.1 and one leg is 40. What is the other leg?
1 Answer
Mar 23, 2017
Explanation:
The Pythagorean theorem states that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. The equation that represents this relationship is:
where
We know
Rearrange the equation to isolate
Take the square root of both sides.