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In a right triangle, the length of one of the legs is 3 and the length of the hypotenuse is 5. What is the length of the other leg?

In a right triangle, the length of one of the legs is 3 and the length of the hypotenuse is 5. What is the length of the other leg? Correct Answer 4

We know,According to Pythagorean theorem,a2 + b2 = c2=> 32 + b2 = 52=> 9 + b2 = 25=> b2 = 25-9 = 16=> b = √16 = 4 Ans. 4 

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