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The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 16 cm and one of its legs measures 9 cm. Find the measure of the other leg.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the unknown leg be b. By the Pythagorean theorem,

9^2 + b^2 = 16^2
81 + b^2 = 256
b^2 = 175
b = sqrt(175) = 5√7 ≈ 13.2288 cm.

So the other leg measures 5√7 cm (about 13.23 cm).