SOLUTION: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 6 ft. The length of hypotenuse is 2 ft. longer than other leg. What is the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg?

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Question 1054324: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 6 ft. The length of hypotenuse is 2 ft. longer than other leg. What is the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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(6,8,10) right-angled triangle.

Similar to the well-known (3,4,5) righ-angled triangle.