the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 12 centimeters, and the shorter leg is 6 centimeters. find the length of the other leg. user: a person has 17 coins, all quarters and dimes, worth $3.05. how many quarters are there?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2....a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse 6^2 + b^2 = 12^2 36 + b^2 = 144 b^2 = 144 - 36 b^2 = 108 b = sqrt 108 b = 10.39 cm <== length of the other leg
