In a right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 10 and one of the legs is 6. What is the length of the other leg?
Correct: B
Using the Pythagorean theorem a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where c is the hypotenuse and one leg (let's say a) is 6, we solve for the other leg (b). So, 6^2 + b^2 = 10^2, which simplifies to 36 + b^2 = 100. Subtracting 36 from both sides gives b^2 = 64. Taking the square root of both sides, we get b = 8.