In a right triangle, the length of one leg is 8 and the length of the hypotenuse is 10. What is the length of the other leg?
Correct: B
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we have c^2 = a^2 + b^2, where c is the hypotenuse and a and b are the legs. Given c = 10 and a = 8, we can plug in the values: 10^2 = 8^2 + b^2, 100 = 64 + b^2, b^2 = 100 - 64, b^2 = 36, b = sqrt(36), b = 6.