SOLUTION: If you have a right triangle , and the smallest side is 60 meters, the hypotenuse is 20 meters longer then the longest leg how do you find the length of the longest leg?
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Question 332393: If you have a right triangle , and the smallest side is 60 meters, the hypotenuse is 20 meters longer then the longest leg how do you find the length of the longest leg?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the measure of the long leg, and let 
be the measure of the hypotenuse.
Pythagoras says:
But we also know that
so:
^2\ -\ b^2\ =\ 60^2)
Just solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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