SOLUTION: The longer leg of a right triangle is ten less than three times the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is the shorter leg plus 4 . Find the length of the shorter leg.
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Question 210930: The longer leg of a right triangle is ten less than three times the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is the shorter leg plus 4 . Find the length of the shorter leg.
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will set it up and you can finish.
shorter leg = x
longer leg = 3x - 10
hypotenuse = x + 4
Here is your quadratic equation:
x^2 + (3x - 10)^2 = (x + 4)^2
Can you solve for x now?
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