document.write( "Question 360165: One leg of a right triangle is 1 in. shorter than the other leg. The hypotenuse is 4 in. longer than the shorter side. Find the length of each side. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the shorter side.  then (x+1) is the other leg and the hypothenuse is (x+4)
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document.write( "Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
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document.write( "x^2 +(x+1)^2 = (x+4)^2
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "x^2 + x^2 +2x + 1 = x^2 + 8x + 16
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document.write( "x^2 -6x + -15
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document.write( "Using Quadratic Equation to Solve
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