SOLUTION: Hypotenuse is 290 One leg is x The other leg is x-238 What is x please

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Question 1051552: Hypotenuse is 290
One leg is x
The other leg is x-238
What is x please
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM!

oneLeg%5E2%2BotherLeg%5E2=hypotenuse%5E2


You fill in all the missing steps.

x%5E2-238x-13728=0

x=48