SOLUTION: A right triangle with integer sides has one side of length 15 and two other sides with consecutive side lengths. What are those side lengths?

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Question 1141392: A right triangle with integer sides has one side of length 15 and two other sides with consecutive side lengths. What are those side lengths?
Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The 15 is the shortest side. So we need to have

x%5E2%2B15%5E2+=+%28x%2B1%29%5E2

That turns out to be an easy equation to solve; I leave it to you.