SOLUTION: The lengths of the sides of a right traingle whose hypotenuse is 50 ft when its height is 10 ft longer than its base is?

SOLUTION: The lengths of the sides of a right traingle whose hypotenuse is 50 ft when its height is 10 ft longer than its base is?

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Question 719036: The lengths of the sides of a right traingle whose hypotenuse is 50 ft when its height is 10 ft longer than its base is?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h for height, b for base,
h=10+b.
The legs are then b and b+10. Hypotenuse is given, 50.

The positive radical form should work:

, the base, so the height must be
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