SOLUTION: one leg of the right triangle is twice as long as the other .write the length of the hypotenuse as a function length of the shorter leg?

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Question 368073: one leg of the right triangle is twice as long as the other .write the length of the hypotenuse as a function length of the shorter leg?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = shorter leg

Let 2x = larger leg

Let h = hypotenuse

The function is: x^2 + (2x)^2 = h(x)