SOLUTION: One leg of a right triangle is 4 less than the other leg. The square of the hypotenuse of the right triangle is 80. How long are the legs of the right triangle. I tried very very h

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Question 1064903: One leg of a right triangle is 4 less than the other leg. The square of the hypotenuse of the right triangle is 80. How long are the legs of the right triangle. I tried very very hard for 1 hour but got nowhere
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One leg of a right triangle is 4 less than the other leg. The square of the hypotenuse of the right triangle is 80.
How long are the legs of the right triangle. I tried very very hard for 1 hour but got nowhere
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x%5E2+%2B+%28x%2B4%29%5E2 = 80.

x = 4.

The legs are 4 and 8 units.