The hypotenuse is the longest side of any right triangle, and the legs are the two legs coming out from where the right angle is.
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If the hypotenuse is the square root of three, then the legs are (root 6)/2. If the hypotenuse is 12, then the legs are 6(root 2). This is because, for any given right isosceles triangle, the length of the hypotenuse x is root two times the length of the legs.
You cannot. If you draw a circle with the given hypotenuse as the diameter then the right angle of the triangle can be at ANY point on the circumfeence of the circle. Therefore, the lengths of the two legs are indeterminate.
With sides of 5 and 12, you can make a triangle with any perimeter you want between 24 and 34. If you call them "legs" because they are the sides of a right triangle, then the hypotenuse is 13, and the perimeter is 30.
Any time there is a right triangle. The rule of a2+b2=c2 applies to the two legs squared = the hypotenuse.
You need to provide more info. With only the length of the hypotenuse known the sides can be any two numbers that when squared ad up to less than 13^2