SOLUTION: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 7 meters less than the length of the other leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 13 meters. What is the length of the other two sides?
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Question 1088139: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 7 meters less than the length of the other leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 13 meters. What is the length of the other two sides?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Only positive values for x make sense here,
5-12-13 triangle.
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