SOLUTION: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 8 meters. The hypotenuse is 2meters longer than the longer leg. Find the
length of the longer leg
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Question 920691: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 8 meters. The hypotenuse is 2meters longer than the longer leg. Find the
length of the longer leg
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= length of the longer leg, in meters.
= length of the hypotenuse, in meters.
The Pythagorean theorem tells us that
So,
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