Question

(03.01 LC)

The leg of a right triangle is 2 units and the hypotenuse is 5 units. What is the length, in
units, of the other leg of the triangle? (1 point)

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find this:

`a^2 + b^2 = c^2\\2^2 + b^2 = 5^2\\4 + b^2 = 25 \\b^2 = 21\\b = √(21)`