so if you have a right triangle with legs legnth a and b
and a hypotonuse legnth c, then
a^2+b^2=c^2
given in the comments is that
a=15
c=20
input and solve
15^2+b^2=20^2
225+b^2=400
subtract 225 from boths ides
b^2=175
take square root of both sides
b=5√7