The length of the longer leg, a, of a right triangle is 1 centimeter less than the
Chapter 1, Problem 31(choose chapter or problem)
The length of the longer leg, a, of a right triangle is 1 centimeter less than the length of the hypotenuse and the length of the shorter leg, b, is 8 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse. a. Express a and b in terms of c, the length of the hypotenuse. b. Express a2 1 b2 as a polynomial in terms of c. c. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to write a polynomial equal to c2 .
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