The length of one leg of a right triangle is 3 feet shorter than the other leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 3 feet longer than the longer leg. What is the length of the shortest leg of the triangle?

If x=-3 is the only x-intercept of the graph of a quadratic equation, which statement best discribes the discriminant of the equation?

In a class, there are 12 girls. if the ratio of boys to girls is 5: 4 how many boys are there in the class

Girardo is using the model below to solve the equation . girardo uses the following steps: step 1 add 4 negative x-tiles to both sides step 2 add 1 negative unit tile to both sides step 3 the solution is which step could be adjusted so that gerardo's final step results in a positive x-value? in step 1, he should have added 4 positive x-tiles to both sides. in step 1, he should have added 3 negative x-tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 4 negative unit tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 1 positive unit tile to both sides.