One of the legs of a right triangle measures 1 cm and its hypotenuse measures 17 cm.
Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.



Answer :

The measure of the other leg is 10 cm.

In arithmetic, the Pythagorean theorem, or Pythagoras' theorem, is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry to a few of the 3 sides of a proper triangle. It states that the place of the rectangular whose aspect is the hypotenuse is identical to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two aspects.

The Pythagoras theorem equation is expressed as, c2 = a2 + b2, wherein 'c' = hypotenuse of the right triangle and 'a' and 'b' are the other legs. as a result, any triangle with one angle identical to ninety tiers produces a Pythagoras triangle and the Pythagoras equation can be applied within the triangle.

Using Pythagoras' formula of right angles we can calculate the hypotenuse

1^2=x^2+17^2

x^2=17^2-1^2(transpose)

x^2=288 (introduce a square root)

x=15.01(round of to the nearest tenth)

x=10

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