Question

mensuration-the are of a right angle is 240 cm square and one of its legs is 16cm long. find the length of the other leg

Answer 1

Answer:

$let \: the \: other \: side \: be \: x \\ \frac{1}{2} \times x \times 16 = 240 \\ x = \frac{240 \times 2}{16} \\ x = 30cm \\ so \: the \: length \: \: will \: be \: 30cm$

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Answer 2

Answer:

Let the other leg be X cm

1/2 × X × 16 = 240

X = 249 × 2

______

16

X = 30cm

Length be 30 cm.