document.write( "Question 1059880: the longer leg of a right triangle is 3m longer than the shorter leg. the hypotenuse is 6m longer than the shorter leg. find the side lengths of the triangle. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "the longer leg of a right triangle is 3m longer than the shorter leg. the hypotenuse is 6m longer than the shorter leg. find the side lengths of the triangle.
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Let the shorter leg be S
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document.write( "Then longer leg = S + 3, and the hypotenuse = S + 6
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document.write( "The equation you need to solve is: 
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document.write( "Solve this for S, the shorter leg
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document.write( "Add 3 to S to get length of longer leg
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document.write( "Add 6 to S to get length of hypotenuse, OR
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document.write( "If you know about Pythagorean triples, you'd recognize the results as one.\r
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document.write( "If you don't know this by now, IGNORE the person who has a different equation. 
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document.write( "That equation is WRONG, just like the majority of his other CONFUSING and INCORRECT responses! \n" );
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