SOLUTION: A man wanted a flat piece of wood in a shape of a right angled triangle,the shortest side was to have a length of three meters.calculate the other two sides if they were consecutiv

Question 1133663: A man wanted a flat piece of wood in a shape of a right angled triangle,the shortest side was to have a length of three meters.calculate the other two sides if they were consecutive whole numbers.
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Special 3-4-5 Right Triangle
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A man wanted a flat piece of wood in a shape of a right angled triangle,the shortest side was to have a length of three meters.calculate the other two sides if they were consecutive whole numbers.

If one leg of a right triangle is 3, then it's obvious that the other 2 sides will be 4 and 5 units......a CLASSIC 3-4-5 PYTHAG TRIPLE.
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