Question

What is the length of leg y of the right triangle?

A right triangle with hypotenuse 37 and legs 35 and y

2
8
12
35

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

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Answer 2

So we use Pythagorean theorem which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2 now we use this to solve ; the hypotenuse would be c^2 and the leg would be a^2 were solving for b so we do 37^2 - 35^2 which equals 144. The square root of 144 is 12 so the answer is 12! Good Luck!