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29 inches is the shortest leg of a right triangle whose other leg and hypotenuse are consecutive whole numbers. What is the sum of the lengths of the other two sides?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = one leg
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\n" ); document.write( "(x+1) = hypotenuse
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\n" ); document.write( "29^2 + x^2 = (x+1)^2
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\n" ); document.write( "841 + x^2 = x^2 + 2x + 1
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\n" ); document.write( "841 - 1 = x^2 - x^2 + 2x
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\n" ); document.write( "840 = 2x
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 420 is one leg
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\n" ); document.write( "420 + 421 = 841 is the sum of the other two sides
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