SOLUTION: The longer leg of a right triangle is 1M longer then the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is 1 M shorter than twice the shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg of the triangle.

Question 398271: The longer leg of a right triangle is 1M longer then the shorter leg. The hypotenuse is 1 M shorter than twice the shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg of the triangle.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
longer leg = s +1
hypotenuse = 2s -1
Hence
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==> 2s(s - 3) = 0 ==> s = 0, 3 ==> s = 3 meters, the measure of the shorter leg, s + 1 = 4 meters, the measure of the longer leg, and 2s -1 = 5 meters, the measure of the hypotenuse.
Rodney�s scores on his first three business calculus tests were an 80, 63, and an 84. What grade on his fourth test will give him an average of 80?
==> 227 + x = 320 ==> x = 93.
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