The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 14 centimeters long. One of the legs of the triangle is 6 centimeters. What is the length of the triangle's other leg?

1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018

I tried this:

Explanation:

We can consider Pythagoras Theorem where the hypotenuse is related to the other sides #a# and #b# as:
#h^2=a^2+b^2#
with our numbers:
#14^2=6^2+b^2#
rearranging:
#b=sqrt(14^2-6^2)=sqrt(196-36)=10cm#