If two right triangles have
(hypotenuse and a leg of one) = (hypotenuse and the corresponding leg of the other)
then the triangles are congruent.
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The square of the hypotenuse minus the square of the leg you know will give you the square of the unknown leg.
HL Congruence Theorem says: If the hypotenuse and one leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and one leg of another right triangle, then the two right triangles are congruent.sss
If its a right angle triangle then by using Pythagoras' theorem its hypotenuse is the square root of 170 which is about 13.038 inches rounded to three decimal places
Using Pythagoras' theorem the length of the hypotenuse is 17.1 inches
The four congruence theorem for right triangles are:- LL Congruence Theorem --> If the two legs of a right triangle is congruent to the corresponding two legs of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.- LA Congruence Theorem --> If a leg and an acute angle of a right triangles is congruent to the corresponding leg and acute angle of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.- HA Congruence Theorem --> If the hypotenuse and an acute angle of a right triangle is congruent to the corresponding hypotenuse and acute angle of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.- HL Congruence Theorem --> If the hypotenuse and a leg of a right triangle is congruent to the corresponding hypotenuse and leg of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.