SOLUTION: If the longer leg of a right triangle is 1 cm longer than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse is 5 cm then what are the lengths of the legs?
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Question 326843: If the longer leg of a right triangle is 1 cm longer than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse is 5 cm then what are the lengths of the legs?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A and B be the legs.
Since it's a right triangle, use the Pythagorean theorem,
Only the positive solution makes sense for this problem,
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