The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13 cm. the length of one leg is 5 cm. find the length of the other leg. (1 point) 14 cm 144 cm 8 cm 12 cm

12 cm The solution to this problem requires the Pythagorean theorem which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2 where a,b = legs of the right triangle c = hypotenuse of right triangle Let's substitute the known values into the equation and solve a^2 + b^2 = c^2 5^2 + b^2 = 13^2 25 + b^2 = 169 b^2 = 144 b = 12 So the length of the 2nd leg is 12 cm.