△bcd is a right triangle. the length of the hypotenuse is 18 centimeters. the length of one of the legs is 14 centimeters. what is the length of the other leg? enter your answer, as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth, in the box.

11.3 centimeters

Step-by-step explanation:

A right angle triangle has the hypotenuse, adjacent and the opposite. The hypotenuse is the longest side in a right angle triangle. The square of the hypotenuse equals the addition of the square of the adjacent and the square of the opposite.

Hypotenuse2 = Opposite2 + Adjacent 2

Since hypotenuse is 18cm and a leg is 14cm, the other leg will be:

Let the other leg be d

18^2 = 14^2 + d^2

324 = 196 + d^2

d^2 = 324 - 196

d^2 = 128

To get the value of the other leg, we find the square root of 128.

d^2 = 128

d =√128

d = 11.3

The other leg is 11.3 centimeters

inverse operation of addition