Hi,

the hypotenuse of a right triangle exceeds the length of one leg by 1 and is 3less than 4 times the length of the other leg. 

Question states*** hypotenuse can be expressed in two ways...

 x + 1 = 4y-3    Or    

Using the Pythagorean Theorem

  x^2 + y^2 = (4y-3)^2

 + y^2 = (4y-3)^2

 y^2 -8y +7 = 0

(y-7)(y-1) = 0,

  y = 7, x = 24 and hypotenuse is  25     

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