SOLUTION: right triangle geometry. One leg of a right triangle is 7 m longer than the other. The length of the hypotenuse is 13 m. Find the length of the legs.
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Question 812293: right triangle geometry. One leg of a right triangle is 7 m longer than the other. The length of the hypotenuse is 13 m. Find the length of the legs.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use Pythagoras.
^2\ =\ 13^2)
Expand the binomial, collect like terms, put the quadratic into standard form, and solve for 
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Then again, you can think about the Pythagorean Triples you know of that have a 13 as the largest number.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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