Question

A carpenter is building four picture frames in the shape of right triangles. He calculates the lengths of the longest side of each triangle, in inches. Which list of lengths is in order from shortest to longest?

Answer 1

Explanation:

This problem requires the use of the Pythagorean Theorem to find the lengths of the sides of a piece of property in the shape of a right triangle

Example:

Taylor finds a piece of property in the shape of a right triangle. She finds that the longer leg is 10 m shorter than twice the length of the shorter leg and the hypotenuse is 20 m longer than the longer leg. Find the lengths of the sides of the triangular lot.