document.write( "Question 916700: one leg of a right triangle if 1 foot less than twice the other. the hypotenuse if 17 feet. find the lengths of the two legs \n" ); document.write( "

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x, smaller leg
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + (2x-1)^2 = 289ft^2
\n" ); document.write( "5x^2 -4x - 288 = 0 (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+%284%2B-+sqrt%28+5776+%29%29%2F%2810%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+%284%2B-+sqrt%28+76+%29%29%2F%2810%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8ft and Larger leg is 15ft $\"2%2A8-1\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "and checking
\n" ); document.write( "64 + 225 = 289
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