<PRE><B>Question 869747</B>
One leg of the triangle is 8 ft long. The other leg and the hypotenuse are consecutive odd integers. How 
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leg:: 2x-1
hypo: 2x+1
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leg^2 + leg^2 = hypotenuse^2
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8^2 + (2x-1)^2 = (2x+1)^2
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64 + 4x^2-4x+1 = 4x^2+4x+1
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64 = 8x
x = 8
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leg:: 2x-1 = 15
Hypo:: 2x+1 = 17
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Checking:
8^2 + 15^2 = 17^2
64 + 225 = 289
289 = 289
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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