The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13. The length of the shorter leg is 7 less than the length of the longer leg. What is the length of the shorter leg?
1 Answer
Sep 26, 2016
5
Explanation:
Let
By the Pythagorean Theorem, in a right triangle, the sum of the square of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse
However, since we are dealing with lengths, negative values are not possible. Hence