A right triangle has a hypotenuse with a length of 130 cm. One leg has a length of 100 cm. What is the length of the other leg of the triangle?

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Answered on Fri May 13 2022

Given :

Hypotenuse, H = 130 cm

One leg, let base = 100 cm

Then, perpendicular = ?

By phythogoras theorem,

H² = P² + B²

130² = P² + 100²

16900 = P² + 10000

P² = 16900 - 10000

P² = 6900

Taking square root of both sides, we get

P = 83.066