SOLUTION: A piece of wire 90 inches long is bent into a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 39 inches. How long is the shorter leg of the triangle?

SOLUTION: A piece of wire 90 inches long is bent into a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 39 inches. How long is the shorter leg of the triangle?

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Question 728143: A piece of wire 90 inches long is bent into a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 39 inches. How long is the shorter leg of the triangle?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
legs are x and y. Hypotenuse is h.

and . You already are given h=39, so you have these:

and . Two equations using two unknown variables.
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