The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 7 inches, and one of the legs is square root 13 inches. Find the length of the other leg.

A)  6 inches
B)    square root 62 inches
C)     square root 128 inches

Respuesta :

The answer is A) 6 inches.
First I punch square root 13 in the calculator and got 3.6055... then I square the number since the formula has square root on it and got 13. Now the equation look something like this: 13 + b^2 = 49. 49 because 7^2 is 49. Then i subtract 49 by 13 and got 36. Now the equation look like this: b^2 = 36. After I square both side, I get b=6 in.