The length of unknown leg will be a = 10 units
Concept
- The right angle triangle is given and the length of one side and length of hypotenuse are given
- We have to find the length of second side
- Since the triangle given is right angle triangle we will use pythagorean theorem to find the length of third side.
How to solve this problem?
The steps are as follow:
- The length of first side is 24 units and length of hypotenuse is 26 units and the second side is unknown which is taken as 'a'
- According to pythagorean theorem:
(hypotenuse)^2 = (Side)^2 + (Side)^2
(26)^2 = (24)^2 + (a)^2
676 = 576 + (a)^2
(a)^2 = 676 - 576
(a)^2 = 100
a = 10 units
So the length of unknown leg will be a = 10 units
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