document.write( "Question 853181: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10cm. One of the legs is two cm than the other leg. find the lengths of the two legs. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #513933 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6 and 8 \n" ); document.write( "double of the 3,4,5 right triangle \n" ); document.write( "a^2+(a+2)^2=100 \n" ); document.write( "a^2+a^2+4a+4=100\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2a^2+4a+4=100 \n" ); document.write( "a^2+2a+2=50 \n" ); document.write( "a^2+2a-48=0 \n" ); document.write( "(a-6)*(a+8)=0 \n" ); document.write( "a=6 \n" ); document.write( "a=-8 reject \n" ); document.write( "6,8, 10\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |