If a right triangle has a leg of 13 feet and a hypotenuse of 22 feet what is the length of the other leg

@Mrs.Sue help

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

13^2 + b^2 = 22^2

Solve for b.

What do I do?? I do not understand Pythagorean theorem

@mrs Sue it's 11 I got it

Pythagorean Theorem is easy

How did you get 11?

To find the length of the other leg of a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. The theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.

In this case, we know one leg measures 13 feet and the hypotenuse measures 22 feet. Let's call the length of the other leg "x". We can use the Pythagorean theorem to set up an equation:

13^2 + x^2 = 22^2

169 + x^2 = 484

Now, let's solve for "x" by isolating it on one side of the equation:

x^2 = 484 - 169

x^2 = 315

To find "x", we need to take the square root of both sides of the equation:

x = √315

x ≈ 17.78

Therefore, the length of the other leg is approximately 17.78 feet.