SOLUTION: The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 dm. Find the lengths of its legs if their sum is 30 cm. Express your answer to the nearest tenth. (Recall the Pythagorean the
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Question 985029: The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 dm. Find the lengths of its legs if their sum is 30 cm. Express your answer to the nearest tenth. (Recall the Pythagorean theorem. )
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Interpreting legs as separate from the hypotenuse,
x and y the legs
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-----either of these is x and the other is y.
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