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A toy manufacturer needs a piece of plastic in the shape of a right triangle with the longer leg 1 cm more than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse 2 cm more than the shorter leg. how long should the sides
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A toy manufacturer needs a piece of plastic in the shape of a right triangle with the longer leg 1 cm more than the shorter leg and the hypotenuse 2 cm more than the shorter leg. how long should the sides of the triangle​ be?

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The only Pythagorean triple with legs in arithmetic sequence is the 3-4-5 triangle.

The sides should be 3 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm.
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