SOLUTION: the length of one leg of a right triangle is 6ft . the legth of the hypotenuse is 2 feet longer than the other leg. find the legth of the hypotenuse and the other leg.

Question 296741: the length of one leg of a right triangle is 6ft . the legth of the hypotenuse is 2 feet longer than the other leg. find the legth of the hypotenuse and the other leg.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since it's a right triangle, it obeys the Pythagorean theorem.

Let and , then

Then from above,

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