document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=222926>Question 222926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1 cm longer than the longer leg. The shorter leg is 7cm shorter than the longer leg. Find the length of the longer leg of the triangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>leg^2+leg^2=hypotenuse^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The legs of the trangle are x and x-7. The hypotenuse is x+1.<i/> </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Why did you stop there?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The quadratic factors, but one of the roots is too small -- if you subtract 7 to get the measure of the shorter leg, you will have a negative number.  So the larger of the two roots is the length of the longer leg.\r<BR>\n" );
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