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A goat enclosure is in the shape of a right triangle. One leg of the enclosure is built against the side of the barn. The other leg is 2 feet more than the leg against the barn. The hypotenuse is 4 feet more than the leg along the barn. Find the length, in feet, of the three sides of the goat enclosure. (Simplify your answers completely.)

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Answer:

16,18,22

Or

1,3,7

Step-by-step explanation:

The detailed explanation is contained in the image attached. The lengths are found using Pythagoras theorem and the two lengths reflects the two values of x yielded by the quadratic equation

A goat enclosure is in the shape of a right triangle. One leg of the enclosure is-example-1
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