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If one leg of a right angled triangle is regarded as the altitude then the other leg is the base.
You're supposed to know that in every right triangle,(one leg)2 + (the other leg)2 = (hypotenuse)2 .Subtract (one leg)2 from each side of this equation, and you'll have:(the other leg)2 = (hypotenuse)2- (one leg)2You know both of the numbers on the right side. Do you think you cansubtract them and figure out the number on the left side ?
It is usually a side from the apex of the triangle to the base. However, in the case of a right angled triangle a leg could refer to the two sides which define the right angle.
The hypotenuse of a 30-60 right triangle if the short leg is 2992 is: 5984
A right triangle with a hypotenuse of length 15 and a leg of length 8 has an area of: 50.75 units2