SOLUTION: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg 88 meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is 88 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the leng

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Question 1064433: A garden has the shape of a right triangle with one leg 88 meters longer than the other. The hypotenuse is 88 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. What is the length of the shorter​ leg?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two LEGS, one Hypotenuse.
Legs are x and x+88.
Hypotenuse is -88+2x.

x%5E2%2B%28x%2B88%29%5E2=%282x-88%29%5E2
Simplify and solve.