Coty painted a right triangle on paper. The hypotenuse of his triangle is 18 inches and one of the legs is 7 inches. What is the length of third side?

Answer:
G) 16.6
Step-by-step explanation:
We can use the pythagoriam theroem to solve the problem
[tex]a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}[/tex]
[tex]a^{2} + 7^{2} = 18^{2}[/tex]
[tex]a^{2}[/tex] + 49 = 324
[tex]a^{2}[/tex] = 275
a = 16.6