SOLUTION: the length of one leg of a right triangle is 9 ft. the length of the hypotense is 3 ft longer the the other leg. find the legth of the hypotense and the other leg. i have 9,hypoten

Question 214092: the length of one leg of a right triangle is 9 ft. the length of the hypotense is 3 ft longer the the other leg. find the legth of the hypotense and the other leg. i have 9,hypotense and 6leg is that right
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set one leg to x and the hypoteneuse to x+3. Then use the Pythagorean theorem:

So the leg is 12, and the hyp. is 12+3=15
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