Atoy manufacturer needs a piece of plastic in the shape of a right triangle with the longer leg 2 cm more than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse 2 cm more than the longer leg. how long should the sides of the triangle be?

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square