Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Zoey on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 7:26pm.

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 cm long. One leg of the same triangle is 7 cm long. What is the length of the other leg? Explain how you found your answer.

geometry - PsyDAG, Friday, July 1, 2011 at 5:38pm
Use Pythagorean theorem.

7^2 + x^2 = 25^2

Solve for x.

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