SOLUTION: a piece of wire is bent into a right triangle the longer leg is 1 less than twice than shorter leg and the hypotenuse is one more than twice the shorter leg what is the leg of the

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Question 1028167: a piece of wire is bent into a right triangle the longer leg is 1 less than twice than shorter leg and the hypotenuse is one more than twice the shorter leg what is the leg of the shorter leg
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, the leNgTH of the shorter leg.

Legs and sides are system%28-1%2B2x%2C+x%2C+1%2B2x%29


Right triangle, Pythagorean Theorem Formula,
%282x-1%29%5E2%2Bx%5E2=%282x%2B1%29%5E2
Simplify and solve for x.