SOLUTION: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg 5 meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is 5 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the le

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Question 1014565: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg
5
meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is
5
meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the length of the shorter​ leg?
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A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg
5
meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is
5
meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the length of the shorter​ leg?
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Answer. 15 m, 20 m and 25 m.