SOLUTION: I need help solving this problem....the sides of a right triangle are x, x+1 and x+2 units long. Find the side lengths of the triangle by solving for x.

Question 607241: I need help solving this problem....the sides of a right triangle are x, x+1 and x+2 units long. Find the side lengths of the triangle by solving for x.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since it is a right triangle, you can employ the Pythagorean theorem to solve for x: and the longest side (the hypotenuse) is x+2
Simplify.
Combine like-terms.
Subtract from both sides.
Subtract 4x from both sides.
Subtracr 4 from both sides.
Factor this trinomial.
Apply the zero product rule.
or so...
or Discard the negative solution.
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