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Question
The area of a right-angled triangle is 160 cm2. If its one leg is 16 cm long, find the length of the other leg.
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Solution
Area of the right-angled triangle = 160 cm2
Let base (one side) = 16 cm

∴ Altitude (second side)
= `("Area"xx2)/"Base"=(160xx2)/16=320/16` = 20 cm
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