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Chapter 3: Q. 3.79 (page 363)

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the leg in the triangle shown below.

Short Answer

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The length of the leg isb=8.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information.

A right triangle is given with the length of hypotenuse and one of its legs as 17,15respectively.

We need to find the length of one of the leg, b.

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Step 2. Use Pythagorean theorem.

By Pythagorean theorem,

a2+b2=c2b2=c2-a2b=c2-a2

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Step 3. Substitute the values in the Pythagorean theorem.

We get

b=172-152=289-225=64

By the definition of the square root,

b=8

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