The shorter leg of a right triangle is 9 ft shorter than the longer leg. The hypotenuse is 9 ft longer than the long leg. Find the sides of the triangle

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

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       |              \   9 + x

x - 9 |                 \

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That is your triangle.

Now, since its a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for x.

The equation for the Pythagorean theorem is this:

So we plug in the values.

We solve for x.

Get everything to the left side of the equation. (x^2 + x^2 = 2x^2, - x^2 = x^2;

-18x - 18x = -36x;    81 - 81 = 0)

Add 36x to both sides, then divide by x.

Shortest Leg = 36 - 9 = 27

Longest Leg = 36

Hypotenuse = 45

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the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third side. if you take the three sides of a triangle and add them in pairs, the sum is greater than (not equal to) the third side. if that is not true, then it is not possible to construct a triangle with the given side lengths.

step-by-step explanation: