Problema Solution
the flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 20 ft of a perennial border forms the hypotenuse of the triangle, and one leg is 4 ft longer than the other.Find the lengths of the legs
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Let the first leg is a
The second leg is: a+4
the hypotenuse of right triangle is:20
using Pythago:
a^2+(a+4)^2=20^2
-> 2*a^2+8a+16=400
-> 2a^2+8a-384=0
-> a=12
solution 2 legs of right triangle are: 12ft and 16ft