Problema Solution
One length of a right triangle has a length 3 m. The other side have lengths that are consecutive integers. Find these lengths.
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' represent the length of one side, then 'x+1' represents the length of the other side
we have to guess at which side is the hypotenuse, so we guess 'x+1' is the hypotenuse
(x+1)^2 = x^2 + 3^2
solving for 'x' we have x=4
4+1 = 5
the sides of the triangle are 3, 4 and 5