Question

The length of one leg of a right triangle is 3 feet more than the other leg. If the hypotenuse is 15 feet, find the length of each leg

Answer 1

9 and 12

Explanation:

Pythagorean Theorem. One of the most common Pythagorean triples is 3, 4, 5 with 3 and 4 the legs and 5 the hypoenuse. That will make 9, 12, 15 anotther trible because you are tripling the side lengths. 12-9=3 so this triangle works.