document.write( "Question 940965: Suppose a right triangle has one leg of length 5 cm. The hypotenuse is 1 cm longer than the other leg. Find the missing two sides of the right triangle.
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Use the Pythagorean theorem,
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"25%2BL%5E2=L%5E2%2B2L%2B1\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2L=24\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=12\"$ $\"cm\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"H=L%2B1=13\"$ $\"cm\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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