SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is three less than twice the shorter leg. The length of the other leg is three more than the shorter leg find the length of the shorter leg
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Question 1177212: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is three less than twice the shorter leg. The length of the other leg is three more than the shorter leg find the length of the shorter leg
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let’s hypotenuse be , the shorter leg , and the other leg
given:
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is three less than twice the shorter leg.
The length of the other leg is three more than the shorter leg.
use Pythagorean theorem:
.............substitute and
.......solve for
=> => the length of the shorter leg
go to
.......substitute
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