SOLUTION: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg 88 meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is 88 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the leng

Question 1064433: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg 88 meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is 88 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the length of the shorter leg?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two LEGS, one Hypotenuse.
Legs are x and x+88.
Hypotenuse is -88+2x.

Simplify and solve.
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