SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 4 cm longer than one leg and 8cm longer than the other leg. What is the length of each side?
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Question 358907: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 4 cm longer than one leg and 8cm longer than the other leg. What is the length of each side?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two solutions:
However, one leg would be zero length, the other would be negative.
No solution.
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cm
Then the two legs are cm and cm
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