The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 5 inches long. One of the legs is 1 inch longer than the other. What is the length (in inches) of the longer leg?

 4  inches

Step-by-step explanation:

1. We gonna find the the length of the right triangle legs using Phitagor theorem.

c²=a²+b²  (1)   , where c is triangle's  hypotenuse

a and b are the triangle's  legs.

Let the leg a =x,    so leg b=x+1 inches

Now we can write the equation using (1)

25=x²+(x+1)²

25=x²+x²+2*x+1

2*x²+2*x-24=0     ( divide by 2 both sides of the equation)

x²+x-12=0

Find the discriminant D=1+12*4=49

√D=7

x1= (-1+7)/2=3     x2=(-1-7)/2=-4 - x2=-4 not possible so length of the leg can not be negative.

So the shorter leg a=x= 3 inches

The longer leg b=x+1=4 inches

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step-by-step explanation:

(b) 240

step-by-step explanation:

first, we use the pythagorean formula using the given side lengths to find x. then we use x to find the side lengths. then we add the side lengths to find the perimeter.

pythagorean theorem formula:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

(x - 20)^2 + (x - 40)^2 = x^2

x^2 - 40x + 400 + x^2 - 80x + 1600 = x^2

x^2 -120x + 2000 = 0

(x - 100)(x - 20) = 0

x - 100 = 0 or x - 20 = 0

x = 100 or x = 20

we see that the solution x = 20 must be discarded because it will give a negative side length and a side length of 0. the only valid solution is x = 100.

perimeter = sum of the lengths of the sides

perimeter = x + x - 20 + x - 40

perimeter = 3x - 60

replace x with 100.

perimeter = 3(100) - 60

perimeter = 300 - 60

perimeter = 240