document.write( "Question 394754: The flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 34 ft of a perennial border forms the hypotenuse of the triangle, and one leg is 14ft longer than the other leg. Find the lenghts of the leg. \r
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document.write( "one leg is 14ft longer than the other leg
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document.write( "Let x and (x+14) represent the lengths of the legs
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document.write( "Applying the Pytahgorean Theore,
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document.write( "x^2 + (x+14ft)^2 = (34ft)^2
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "   2x^2 + 28x + 196 = 1156
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document.write( "   2x^2 + 28x - 960 =  0
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document.write( "   x^2 + 14z - 480 = 0
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document.write( " x = -30 and x = 16  |tossing out negative solution:  x = 16
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document.write( "the lengths of the leg are 16ft and 30ft   (16ft + 14ft) \n" );
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