SOLUTION: a piece of wire is bent into a right triangle the longer leg is 1 less than twice than shorter leg and the hypotenuse is one more than twice the shorter leg what is the leg of the

Question 1028167: a piece of wire is bent into a right triangle the longer leg is 1 less than twice than shorter leg and the hypotenuse is one more than twice the shorter leg what is the leg of the shorter leg
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the leNgTH of the shorter leg.

Legs and sides are

Right triangle, Pythagorean Theorem Formula,

Simplify and solve for x.
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