SOLUTION: The hypotense of a right triangle is 26 feet long. One leg of the triangle is 14 feet longer than the other leg. Find the lenghts of the legs of the triangle.

Question 28725: The hypotense of a right triangle is 26 feet long. One leg of the triangle is 14 feet longer than the other leg. Find the lenghts of the legs of the triangle.
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In real right trianlge you would try to find the length by the pythorean theorem.
or
Do the smae here. letting a= x+14 and b = x

Simplfy
you get two solutions.
x=-24 or x=10
10+14=24 (a side)

Hence, the two sides are 10cm and 24 cm.
Paul.

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