Question

The leg of a right triangle is 3 units and the hypotenuse is 4 units. What is the length, in units, of the other leg of the triangle?

Answer 1

Answer:

length of other leg is 7½units

Step-by-step explanation:

by pythagoras equation

4²=3²+x²

16-9=x²

7=x²

x=7½

Answer 2

According to Pythagoras theorem,

=> a² +b² = c²

=> (3)² + b² = (4)²

=> 9 + b² = 16

=> b² = 7

=> b = √7

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