SOLUTION: The length of the shorter leg, a, of a right triangle is 6 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse, c, and the length of the longer leg, b, is 3 centimeters less than t

Question 907630: The length of the shorter leg, a, of a right triangle is 6 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse, c, and the length of the longer leg, b, is 3 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse. Find the length of the sides of the right triangle.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two solutions:

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