SOLUTION: The sides of a right triangle are x, x+31, and x+32 units long. Find the side lengths of the triangle by solving for x.
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Question 952730: The sides of a right triangle are x, x+31, and x+32 units long. Find the side lengths of the triangle by solving for x.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in a right triangle:
if the sides of a right triangle are , , and units long, then we have
solutions:
if =>...disregard negative solution, side the length must be positive
if =>-> your answer
so, now we can find the length of all three sides:
check if they are the sides of a right-angle triangle:
...which verifies our answer
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