SOLUTION: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 28 yards. If the hypotenuse is 100 yards, how long is the other leg? The product of two consecutive even integers is 14 less than 7 times

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Question 1030889: The shorter leg of a right triangle is 28 yards. If the hypotenuse is 100 yards, how long is the other leg?
The product of two consecutive even integers is 14 less than 7 times their sum. Find the two integers.

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The shorter leg of a right triangle is 28 yards. If the hypotenuse is 100 yards, how long is the other leg?
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sqrt%28100%5E2+-+28%5E2%29 = sqrt%289216%29 = 96 yards.