SOLUTION: One leg of triangle is 7 cm less than the length of other leg. The length of hypotenuse is 13 cm. Find the length of the legs
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Question 347784: One leg of triangle is 7 cm less than the length of other leg. The length of hypotenuse is 13 cm. Find the length of the legs
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem,
Only the positive solution makes sense for this problem,
The length of the other leg is,
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cm triangle.
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