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OpenStudy (anonymous):

One leg of a right triangle is 2 meters longer than the other leg. The hypotenuse is 2 meters less than twice the length of the shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg.

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

well let the shorter leg be x (a) the middle leg is x + 2 (b) the hypotenuse is 2x - 2 (c) apply pythagoras' theorem \[c^2 = a^2 + b^2\] collect like terms and solve for x |dw:1382508965345:dw|

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