Answer:
a = 45 millimeters
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to solve this, we need to know that for right-angled triangles the following is true:
[tex]c^{2} = a^{2} + b^{2}[/tex] (where c is the hypotenuse and "a" and "b" are the legs)
From the formula above we can conlude that...
[tex]a = \sqrt{c^{2} - b^{2} }[/tex]
Now we just substitute the variable that we know and get that...
[tex]a = \sqrt{c^{2} - b^{2} }\\a = \sqrt{75^{2} - 60^{2} } \\a = \sqrt{5,625 - 3600} \\a = \sqrt{2025} \\a = 45[/tex]
Therefore a = 45millimeters.
